The Springfield School District 186 board on Monday approved starting classes this fall on August 24th, the Monday after the Illinois State Fair. Some...

A three-year plan to cut nearly $10 million from the Springfield School District 186 budget was presented to the board on Monday. Superintendent Jenni...

Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene of a head-on collision involving a wrong-way vehicle on Interstate 55 near East Lake Shore Drive in Spr...

The new CEO of Heartland Credit Union has more than two decades of experience in financial services leadership. HCU announced Aaron Rios succeeds long...

Springfield Police are investigating the shooting death of a 31-year-old Springfield man late Friday. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon did not relea...

Homeless people are much more likely to face emergency room visits, hospitalizations and premature death than the general population, and state offici...

The Springfield City Council is considering an ordinance to extend the length of time for complaints to be filed with the city's Police Community Revi...

A new ordinance before Tuesday's Springfield Committee of the Whole would enhance punishments for animal cruelty. The a first offense for animal cruel...

The US Department of Justice is seeking bids to introduce a residential reentry center for local ex-convicts in the Springfield area. The program seek...

A three-year-old boy has died after a house fire in Decatur last week. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon said the boy was in the pediatric intensive ...

The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help in a missing persons case that dates back to 1987. The person in question is Brenda...

New details are emerging about the death of Rochester High School student Jack Zucco over the weekend. According to a report from the Jo Daviess Count...

A woman has been arrested for a fatal shooting in Jacksonville on Saturday. Jacksonville Police arrested 23-year-old Marissa Teubner of Jacksonville o...

WMAY's Patrick Pfingsten reports in his The Illinoize political newsletter... An effort to revive a ballot initiative to remove redistricting from the...

The Springfield City Council on Tuesday advanced an ordinance amending the rules to grants to business and housing programs funded by cannabis sales t...