The Ex-Bombers are a delightfully sinister psychedelic blues duo from Illinois known for primal pop hooks, magnetic performances and clever songwriting. The pair uses an electric eight-string octave ...

For more information on Illinois Beach State Park, go to https://dnr.illinois.gov and search for the link to the park.

John Ridley, director of public health for Sangamon and Menard Counties, introduced Community Mental Health Boards, or 708 ...

University of Illinois Springfield has pivoted from plans to open its new “Innovation Center” in a three-story building downtown and now will rent space for the center three blocks east, on half of ...

Downtown Springfield is the place to go on four Friday nights this summer to enjoy food, drinks, entertainment, shopping and family fun at local businesses. Friday Night Live is a collaboration among ...

When Theatre in the Park began in 1976, it was known as The Great American People Show, a nonprofit theater company focused ...

When I finished reading the preface to Stacy Lynn's Loving Lincoln: A Personal History of the Women Who Shaped Lincoln's Life ...

The COVID-19 pandemic did great damage to many of the longtime businesses that were still open on Route 66, with hundreds quickly closing. And while many portions of the road are no longer drivable ...

The Springfield City Council passed two ordinances amending existing Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts last night, putting an end to a weeklong debate. The ordinances each passed 9-1, with Ward ...

"A good but imprecise rule of thumb is regional schools are the state universities with either a direction or a city in their name," she said. In Illinois, University of Illinois campuses in Champaign ...

Coroners speak for the dead. In doing so, they play a key role in bringing accountability to the living. That's why Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon was emotional when he spoke at a ribbon-cutting ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed Illinois’ fiscal year 2026 budget into law Monday, taking shots at President Donald Trump’s budget management to defend hard choices state lawmakers were forced to make this ...