The Lights On! program is an initiative aimed at fostering positive community interactions while enhancing roadway safety. It ...

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

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

The Springfield Police Department is set to receive over $200,000 to establish a new real-time information center, thanks to ...

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

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

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.

Summer is here, and already, hot and humid weather is expected in central Illinois this weekend. The National Weather Services has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for several counties that includes ...

Fire crews responded to a structure fire at the Illinois State Fairgrounds around 6 p.m. on Sunday. According to the fire ...

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 ...