ITS is offering a new service to campus that allows employees to make/receive phone calls to their office number on their cell phone or laptop/desktop.

This service will replace IP Communicator, which has been used as a 'soft phone'. IP Communicator will be retired as of September 1 for legal compliance reasons. Ray Baum's Act requires that location information be included with a 911 call and IP Communicator does not provide that information. Support for IP Communicator ended as of September 30, 2022.

The following story was reported by WICS-TV 20 on July 19, 2023.

"The University of Illinois Springfield has hired their new head baseball coach. The Prairie Stars have their guy in Trevor Forde.

Ryan Copeland recently took the head coaching position at Northern Illinois University, opening up the coaching vacancy at Illinois Springfield.

The following story was reported by WAND-TV 17 on July 13, 2023.

"Several teens from across Central Illinois gathered at the University of Illinois Springfield to participate in the annual Crime Scene Investigation Camp.

The camp is designed to teach students the skills and procedures that investigators follow when a crime is committed. This includes activities like evidence collection, fingerprinting, and forensic interviewing.

The following is an excerpt of a story published by The State Journal-Register on July 14, 2023.

"A new Institute that will address diversity, equity, inclusion and justice issues across central Illinois is in the works on the campus of the University of Illinois Springfield.

The institute will offer academic programs that focus on Race, Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice in the fall.

The following is an excerpt of a July 10, 2023, story published in The State Journal-Register.

"Rich Bradley, who shepherded public radio in the Springfield area in its early days as the longtime news director and host of the local "Morning Edition," died in Springfield on July 3.

He was 83.