SPRINGFIELD – Central Illinois and the capital city will be seeing another round of bitter cold temperatures this weekend.

Temperatures are set to turn sharply colder by late week, according to the National Weather Service.

There is an increasing likelihood of bitter cold wind chills Friday through Saturday, a weather graphic shows. Springfield is predicted to experience a -15-degree minimum wind chill forecast from Jan. 23 to Jan. 24.

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According to the Detailed Forecast for Springfield, the temperature will drop from a high near 32 on Thursday to a low around 3 on Thursday night.

Friday will be partly sunny and cold, with a high near 7. Friday night will be mostly cloudy with a low around -1.

Saturday shows a 30% chance of snow after noon. It will be mostly cloudy with a high near 13. Saturday night is predicted to see a 30% chance of snow before midnight. It will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 6.

Sunday will be mostly sunny, with a high near 19.

Tom Ackerman covers breaking news and trending news along with general news for the Springfield State Journal-Register. He can be reached at tackerman@usatodayco.com.

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If you purchased canned tuna recently, you’ll want to double check what is in your cabinet.

El Segundo, California based Tri-Union Seafoods announced in an FDA recall issued Tuesday that a third-party distributor “inadvertently released quarantined product that was associated to a February 2025 recall” to grocery store locations in nine states.

The affected products are two kinds of Genova Yellowfin Tuna cans.

The cans of recalled tuna were shipped to Meijer locations in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin, according to the recall. Giant Foods locations in Maryland and Virgina and Safeway, Albertsons, Vons and Pavilions stores in California also received the products.

The recall was first issued in February 2025 because the “easy open” pull tab on the cans had a manufacturing defect that could compromise the product seal, causing it to leak or be contaminated with the toxin that causes botulism, a potentially fatal form of food poisoning, according to the recall.

Here’s a closer look at the recalled products:

• Genova Yellowfin Tuna in Olive Oil 5.0 oz 4 Pack: UPC no. 4800073265, Can Code S84N D2L with Best if Used by Date 1/21/2028 and Can Code S84N D3L with Best if Used by Date 1/24/2028
• Genova Yellowfin Tuna in in Extra Virgin Olive Oil with Sea Salt 5.0 oz: UPC no. 4800013275, Can Code S88N D1M with a Best if Used By Date 1/17/2028

Anyone with the product should not use it, even if it does not look or smell spoiled, the FDA said. Those who do consume the product and begin feeling unwell should seek immediate medical attention, the FDA added.

The recalled cans of tuna can be returned to their place of purchase for a refund, thrown away, or customers can request Tri-Union can provide them with a retrieval kit directly and a coupon for a replacement product.

Questions and inquiries about the retrieval kits can be directed to Tri-Union Seafoods at support@thaiunionhelp.zendesk.com or 833-374-0171.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A small earthquake was reported in downstate Illinois early Tuesday morning.

What we know:

The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake measured 3.8 (initially 3.5) in magnitude and struck at about 1:30 a.m. The epicenter was about 2.5 miles northwest of Ohlman, in southern Christian County, south of Taylorville and Springfield.

Small earthquake shakes downstate Illinois on Jan. 20, 2026. | USGS

The quake occurred at a depth of about 5.5 miles, according to the USGS.

FOX Chicago meteorologist Mike Caplan said some people reported feeling the shaking as far away as the St. Louis area. No damage has been reported.

Dig deeper:

Southern and central Illinois sit near the Illinois Basin–Ozark Dome region, which borders the more active New Madrid seismic zone. While strong earthquakes are rare, smaller ones are felt in the region about once or twice a year.

Historically, the largest earthquake in the region was a magnitude 5.4 that damaged southern Illinois in 1968.

What they’re saying:

“Earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S., although less frequent than in the western U.S., are typically felt over a much broader region. East of the Rockies, an earthquake can be felt over an area as much as ten times larger than a similar magnitude earthquake on the west coast. A magnitude 4.0 eastern U.S. earthquake typically can be felt at many places as far as 100 km (60 mi) from where it occurred, and it infrequently causes damage near its source. A magnitude 5.5 eastern U.S. earthquake usually can be felt as far as 500 km (300 mi) from where it occurred, and sometimes causes damage as far away as 40 km (25 mi),” according to the USGS.