In the Springfield metro area, about 9,600 Black people and 13,390 white people were living in poverty in 2023, according to the five-year ACS data. In the city of Springfield, about 9,000 Blacks ...

Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski and state lawmaker Laura Fine, who is running for Congress, both say their names were found ...

Here are the top three wineries in the Springfield area as voted by readers in the 2024 Official Community Choice Awards.

Two people were taken to Memorial Hospital after their vehicle crashed into a Springfield Baskin-Robbins at the intersection of Laurel and MacArthur Street.

“Our identity has been frozen in time, and it’s going to stay frozen in time as long as we’re portrayed as mascots and things of the past,” said Matt Beaudet, a citizen of the Montauk Tribe of Indians ...

A congresswoman from Illinois was listed in notes belonging to the man accused of murdering a Minnesota state lawmaker, the congresswoman said.

An Illinois congresswoman said her name was in the “notes" belonging to the man accused of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers.

The protests are being organized in response to the estimated $40 million price tag on the parade. Here’s what’s happening in ...

SPRINGFIELD -- A fire on June 15 fully engulfed an historic horse barn on the grounds of the Illinois State Fairgrounds. All ...

Ald. Michael Rodriguez scraps vote on city of Chicago ordinance that would have raised the pay of drivers who use the ...

Chicago lawmakers in the state capital just voted to worsen the condition of the city’s severely underfunded police and fire ...

The Springfield Fire Department is on the scene of a barn fire, and crews are working to remove the animals inside.