Report Card that tracks performance at the state’s public schools showed that six Springfield District 186 schools had improved their designations and four schools’ designations had declined (“State ...

In two short programs, local wildlife photographer Brian Bowles will present his images and talk with participants about how they can find and identify local wildlife themselves. Bowles has been ...

There has been a recent awful train wreck, here’s one that didn’t happen. My great aunt, then, a young woman worked alone in a country radio shack in Wisconsin. She listened in to the Morse code ...

The woman appointed as the new Sangamon County sheriff in the wake of the July 2024 murder of Sonya Massey says her experience, education and determination make her worthy of being elected to a ...

As we work our way through the last weekend , Old Man Winter and all his relatives have chimed in to remind us just what they can do when they’ve set their minds to it. With nothing ahead but a frozen ...

The Springfield Public Schools District 186 Board of Education has recommended Terrance Jordan to serve as the next superintendent, succeeding Jennifer Gill. He joined District administration in 2021 ...

The woman appointed as the new Sangamon County sheriff in the wake of the July 2024 murder of Sonya Massey says her experience, education and determination make her worthy of being elected to a ...

New work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program go into effect Feb. 1, threatening benefits for ...

While many celebrated, Illinois hemp farmers were stunned. Buried in the legislation was a provision that fundamentally altered the federal definition of hemp, potentially making many hemp farming ...

In November 2025, President Trump signed legislation to fund and reopen the federal government, ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. While many celebrated, Illinois hemp farmers ...

In November of 2018, on the 35th anniversary of my ordination as a minister of the word and sacrament in the Presbyterian ...

Illinois will receive $193 million for each of the next five years to expand health care access for the approximately 1.9 ...