University of Illinois Springfield has pivoted from plans to open its new “Innovation Center” in a three-story building downtown and now will rent space for the center three blocks east, on half of ...

The COVID-19 pandemic did great damage to many of the longtime businesses that were still open on Route 66, with hundreds quickly closing. And while many portions of the road are no longer drivable ...

Downtown Springfield is the place to go on four Friday nights this summer to enjoy food, drinks, entertainment, shopping and family fun at local businesses. Friday Night Live is a collaboration among ...

The Springfield City Council engaged in a heated debate Tuesday over grants for Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts. Frustration mounted as supporters of the ordinances questioned why their fellow ...

SkillsUSA, a national nonprofit trade organization, is expanding its presence in Illinois thanks to a recent $2 million state budget reauthorization for trades programs. It allows the organization to ...

Springfield's council tackled some interesting questions this week. A $300k engineering contract for a wastewater rule drew questions—turns out our plant is the only one in the country facing this ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed Illinois’ fiscal year 2026 budget into law Monday, taking shots at President Donald Trump’s budget management to defend hard choices state lawmakers were forced to make this ...

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The parents of a 10-year-old girl who allegedly was assaulted repeatedly by a 14-year-old student in the Taylorville School District have filed a federal lawsuit against the school district and the ...

They continue to deny a pattern of racial bias in traffic stops. And they continue to refuse a key request from the ACLU – one or more open forums in which the public can vent concerns about treatment ...

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A parking lot owned by Sangamon County government that is south of the BOS Center, at far right, is the proposed site for a $93 million expansion of the convention center and a new $100 million, multi ...