Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson, who was convicted last year of shooting an unarmed woman, has begun ...

The debate over how to regulate data centers in Illinois is intensifying as lawmakers struggle to balance costs to consumers ...

The debate over how to regulate data centers in Illinois is intensifying as lawmakers struggle to balance costs to consumers and the state’s need to be competitive economically. Data centers house ...

Dr. Terrance Jordan did not like attending school as a youth. “I had bad experiences in school growing up in rural ...

As Illinois awaits federal court decisions about federal funding and braces for more federal cuts and rising costs, Gov. JB ...

If he had his druthers, Ward 3 Ald. Roy Williams Jr. would rather see something besides a proposed new recreational cannabis ...

As expected, we did not see a whole lot of spending increases in Gov. JB Pritzker’s state budget proposal last week. Last year, Pritzker said his budget limited discretionary spending to less than a 1 ...

Jeffrey Martin “Willy” Willhite, 66, of Springfield passed away peacefully in his sleep Feb. 10, 2026. He was born Oct. 24, ...

Downtown Springfield, Inc. is searching for a new executive director “following a mutual separation with Carlos Ortega,” ...

It’s a month where we pay homage to Black history. We honor the names, the hands, the kitchens and the legacies that our ...

As I write this, Gov. JB Pritzker is preparing to give his annual budget address. It’s an unenviable task. Earlier this month ...

The city of Springfield has hired its own city planner, a real one this time. Her name is Suraksha Bhandari. She studied at the University of Utah after life in Nepal but she might find Springfield’s ...