There are few moments in the life of a college as meaningful as commencement, and Friday, May 15, was a powerful reminder of ...

Sangamon County's Zoning and Land Use Committee met May 21 but a proposal to amend the county's data center ordinance remained tabled. Credit: PHOTO BY DILPREET RAJU A proposal to amend the Sangamon ...

In response to a question last week from my associate Isabel Miller, Gov. JB Pritzker said he didn’t think a group of progressive legislators could pass their progressive revenue bills through both ...

Home care worker Kayla Watson, with microphone, participates in a SEIU healthcare workers’ lobby day at the Statehouse. Credit: Photo courtesy SEIU Healthcare Illinois As prices for gas and ...

Cassandra Simpson has been performing as a stand-up comedian in Springfield for three years. For two of those years, she was ...

Mayday, mayday! Look out, folks, it’s already Memorial Day weekend with summer time fun just around the corner, over the hill and down the block, with a stop off at Aunt Martha’s house to see Cousin ...

Our annual Summerguide has something for everyone. Whether you’re looking for local theater, musical performances, outdoor activities or family-friendly events – many of them free of charge – we’ve ...

We finally enjoyed our first homegrown salad this week. Normally we’d have been feasting on greens much sooner, but an unseasonably hard cold snap decimated our first plantings of lettuce a few weeks ...

From left to right: An 1833 copy of the Declaration of Independence. Photo courtesy of the Peoria Riverfront Museum. An 1813 cartoon criticizing political gerrymandering from the Salem Gazette in ...

Legal proceedings between the owner of the vacant Wyndham Springfield City Centre Hotel and the hotel’s insurance company may be nearing resolution, but no details about what that resolution may look ...