Vaccines are among the safest, most rigorously studied medical advancements in history. They have saved millions of lives and ...

Medicaid – along with Medicare – was created in that same spirit in 1965, with President Lyndon B. Johnson noting the new ...

The job of a poet laureate is to engage Illinoisans in poetry, with each poet laureate given a small stipend to enact that ...

Four Springfield police officers were disciplined – and one of them will serve a six-day unpaid suspension – in connection with their work at the site of a Sept. 5 car-motorcycle collision in which a ...

Electrons are gradually replacing hydrocarbons as the propulsive power of choice for many Americans as electric-powered vehicles continue to make inroads with the motoring public. According to Kelly ...

Springfield business owner John Chiang received a letter March 10 that landlords dread: a tenant is breaking its lease. The tenant is the U.S. government's Department of Labor, which rents office ...

The Springfield Police Department has a new tool in its fight against crime – cops without guns. They were once known as traffic wardens but have been redubbed "community service officers" and given ...

When Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonathan Pearce saw a white pickup spotted outside a motorcycle shop that had been burglarized earlier that night, he punched the gas and chased the fleeing truck ...

It's been just four months since the last election concluded, but another election is on the horizon in Illinois: the April 1 elections for school boards and municipal offices. Though municipal and ...

State Fair organizers announced further updates to the Illinois State Fairgrounds improvement project at the Springfield Citizens Club, detailing restoration efforts of historic buildings, greater ...