Republican Sangamon County Recorder Frank Lesko announced Tuesday that he will run for the state Senate seat now held by ...

Butler, cast fight to find humor in Caught Stealing If there was ever a “Your Mileage May Vary” movie, it’s Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing. While it’s being promoted as a dark comedy – and it is ...

If you’re thinking that Labor Day weekend came quickly, you would be correct. Monday is the first day of September, making ...

The owner of the Wyndham Springfield City Centre conspired to cause the extensive water damage that rendered the 369-room ...

The board made a quick decision to move forward with acquiring Robin Roberts Stadium, but the real debate centered on downtown landlord accountability. A recent hotel sale and stalled renovations ...

Lately, the phrase I’ve chosen as the title of this column, “The midnight sighing of the poor,” has been running through my mind, especially when I hear of planned government cuts to programs designed ...

In 2019, six students and I spent a week at the South Texas Family Residential Center – a remote, for-profit private facility ...

Dozens of AARP members piled into the main hall of Erin’s Pavilion on Aug. 20 to hear what local politicians had to say about ...

I’ve been belatedly reading Jeremiah Joyce’s 2021 book, Still Burning: Half a Century of Chicago, from the Streets to the ...

Yolanda Rice, a Springfield investor and entrepreneur, plans to purchase the former King’s Daughters Home and create ...

Publishers from across the U.S. convened in Madison, Wisconsin, July 9-11 to commiserate, inspire and share survival tips at the annual conference for alternative media organizations. The conference ...

Students took the lead on a project that brought together generations —teaching internet safety to over 125 senior citizens and logging 600-plus volunteer hours. The board also broke down how grass ...