The General Assembly has passed a bill that would give money to libraries in Illinois to improve safety and upgrade their ...

Last week was the second public look at the greenway and included renderings of possibilities within the corridor, among them, a downtown plaza from Jefferson Street to Jackson Street and a Third ...

Two people were taken to Memorial Hospital after their vehicle crashed into a Springfield Baskin-Robbins at the intersection of Laurel and MacArthur Street.

The Springfield Fire Department is on the scene of a barn fire, and crews are working to remove the animals inside. The fire ...

SPRINGFIELD -- A fire on June 15 fully engulfed an historic horse barn on the grounds of the Illinois State Fairgrounds. All ...

The protests are being organized in response to the estimated $40 million price tag on the parade. Here’s what’s happening in ...

Here are the top three wineries in the Springfield area as voted by readers in the 2024 Official Community Choice Awards.

Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski and state lawmaker Laura Fine, who is running for Congress, both say their names were found ...

An Illinois congresswoman said her name was in the “notes" belonging to the man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers.

In the Springfield metro area, about 9,600 Black people and 13,390 white people were living in poverty in 2023, according to the five-year ACS data. In the city of Springfield, about 9,000 Blacks ...

“Our identity has been frozen in time, and it’s going to stay frozen in time as long as we’re portrayed as mascots and things of the past,” said Matt Beaudet, a citizen of the Montauk Tribe of Indians ...

A congresswoman from Illinois was listed in notes belonging to the man accused of murdering a Minnesota state lawmaker, the congresswoman said.