A Jacksonville organization has signed an option to purchase the historic Illinois Theater building in the city’s downtown and has embarked on an ambitious three-month, $8.8 million fundraising ...

The council also approved potential allocations of $165,073 in home-improvement grants funded by cannabis sales-tax proceeds for eight east side homeowners, contingent on final agreements with the ...

On the same week that 988, the national Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, ended specialized service for LGBTQ+ youth, the Illinois Department of Human Services – which funds the 988 call centers in the ...

Springfield residents are paying far less for power than Ameren customers— one alderman broke down just how much the city's own generation is saving households. A resident made a heartfelt case for ...

Its two-word mission is simple: Explain Illinois. It's something that Springfield-based National Public Radio Illinois has been doing for 50 years, and accomplishing that mission is a multifaceted, ...

Getting right with Native Americans Illinois makes progress, but has far to go By Bridgette Fox and Jerry Nowicki, Capitol News Illinois ...

Through the Springfield Aldermanic Black Caucus, alderpersons Roy Williams Jr. of Ward 3 (far left), Lakeisha Purchase of Ward 5 and Shawn Gregory of Ward 2 say they plan to be bold and innovative in ...

East from Illinois Beach State Park, Lake Michigan glistens and beckons anyone seeking summer fun in the sun. Plenty of beach lovers answer the call, if packed parking lots on the weekends are any ...

When University of Illinois Springfield recently was designated Illinois' top regional state university, it was a dose of good news on a campus that has seen its enrollment drop by more than 800 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Springfield's council meeting focused on two major funding decisions for local supportive services, with council members pressing for details on how $1.1 million in ARPA funds would be used by Helping ...