Have you heard the one about Jesus and Satan, a computing contest and a power outage? I’ll spare you, but the joke came to ...

A public outcry and inaccurate information on social media about a proposed data center in rural Logan County have prompted ...

April 28, 2025Ainsley Grace Johnson Feb. 16, 2017 – April 28, 2025Bradley James Lund April 4, 2017 – June 2, 2025Kathryn ...

Howdy, folks! Come on in and say hey to your new friend, 2026, while waving goodbye to good ol’ 2025. As we work our way through the celebrations and commemorations inherent in the passing of the ...

Our annual REMEMBERING edition, the last issue of the year, reminds us small-town folks that people we thought we knew we didn’t know as well as we wish we had, and those we didn’t know, we wish we ...

Made music with his friends Greg Patterson was born in Springfield, the son of Charles Patterson and Nancy Clark. After high school he enlisted in the U.S. Army and later served two tours in Iraq, ...

As we come to the close of 2025, the Faith Coalition for the Common Good is deeply thankful for the opportunity to share in the work alongside a community of resilient, courageous and powerful leaders ...

As we come to the close of 2025, the Faith Coalition for the Common Good is deeply thankful for the opportunity to share in ...

From left to right: Mark Hanna, executive director of the Springfield Airport Authority; Clayton Stambaugh, deputy director for aeronautics at Illinois Department of Transportation and chair of the ...

Illinois’ statewide 1% grocery tax will go away on Jan. 1, though many people will continue to pay it at the local level.

Construction for Springfield’s Rail Improvement Project began in 2014 with construction of an underpass at Carpenter and 10th streets and the final phase will begin next month. Over the last ...

For years, Illinois was known as a state that chronically underfunded services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) – the essential ...