"No," I replied, it was a promise, and then immediately left the building to sit outside on one of several vacant benches and ...

Sangamon County voters are heading to the polls April 1 to decide on a range of local issues, including school board races, ...

Susan Lawrence Dana and the Fight for Women's Rights IDNR collaborates with the Springfield Choral Society to bring this ...

Vaccines are among the safest, most rigorously studied medical advancements in history. They have saved millions of lives and ...

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The job of a poet laureate is to engage Illinoisans in poetry, with each poet laureate given a small stipend to enact that ...

Electrons are gradually replacing hydrocarbons as the propulsive power of choice for many Americans as electric-powered vehicles continue to make inroads with the motoring public. According to Kelly ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated with comments from the March 18 meeting of the Springfield City Council. Four Springfield police officers were disciplined – and one of them will serve a six ...

Springfield business owner John Chiang received a letter March 10 that landlords dread: a tenant is breaking its lease. The tenant is the U.S. government's Department of Labor, which rents office ...

When Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonathan Pearce saw a white pickup spotted outside a motorcycle shop that had been burglarized earlier that night, he punched the gas and chased the fleeing truck ...

The Springfield Police Department has a new tool in its fight against crime – cops without guns. They were once known as traffic wardens but have been redubbed "community service officers" and given ...

It's been just four months since the last election concluded, but another election is on the horizon in Illinois: the April 1 elections for school boards and municipal offices. Though municipal and ...