If advocates, stakeholders and members of the public were granted all their requests for public school funding next year, ...

While state politicians Sen. Doris Turner and Rep. Mike Coffey represent different parties, both were displeased with two of ...

It’s unclear whether the Sangamon County Board can, or will, delay a vote for six months or more on zoning, as some residents ...

Crews dispatched by the city Nov. 24 cleaned up what remained of an encampment of homeless people in the 800 block of North ...

The Springfield City Council once again shot down the idea of a landlord registry during a chaotic Nov. 18 meeting, voting ...

Our annual Winter Guide has an overview of holiday happenings around town, a preview of upcoming theater and dance performances, a look back at Christmas celebrations 50 years ago and suggestions on ...

As we take the time to say thanks for the multitude of blessings in our lives this Thanksgiving, let’s give a shout out to the music-makers that make said lives more interesting, inviting and ...

You likely already know that U.S. Rep. Chuy García (D-Chicago) dropped out of his re-election race in a way that essentially ...

As our community gathers around dinner tables and living rooms this Thanksgiving week, it is impossible not to reflect on the ...

It’s almost that most wonderful time of the year again. Experience a month of holiday cheer as downtown shops, museums and businesses pull out all of the stops for the Old Capitol Holiday Walks. The ...

Timely Zootopia 2 a vibrant, entertaining fable Adhering to the maxim that “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” Disney’s Zootopia 2 follows much the same template as the original. Writer/directors Jared ...

While controversial, the verdict Oct. 29 in the trial of Sean Grayson in the death of Sonya Massey marked one of the few times in recent history that an American police officer became a convicted ...