The DPI race featured incumbent Jill Underly and GOP-backed education consultant Brittany Kinser. The controversial overhaul of state testing benchmarks featured prominently in the race.

South Effingham's Syraiah Wilkins (right) edged Jenkins' Blessed Diogo in the 100-meter hurdles at the Annual Statesboro ...

Meet the top 180 players from across the state during the 2024-25 season, headlined by Player of the Year Destiny Jackson ...

We have a new No. 1 for the first time this season, but there are a handful of other teams definitely in the hunt ...

Five DPW employees have been on paid administrative leave since their arrests for allegedly misusing town funds.

The Fair Parade will be held Oct. 20 beginning at 5 p.m. in downtown Springfield. Livestock shows will be nightly, Oct. 21-24 ...

Here are the matchups for the first round of the GHSA girls soccer playoffs. Play begins Tuesday night with games in classes 6A, 5A, 4A and A Division II.

Here are the matchups and scores from the first round of the GHSA boys tennis tournament. Play began last week with a limited schedule, and all matches are expected to be completed by Thursday.

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

Tay started on the mound for the Braves for a 6-0 shutout statement win over Effingham St. Anthony. Other nominees were ...

The force behind the St. Louis Blues late season playoff push can’t be found in the box score. He hasn't scored a single goal ...

Charles “Chuck” Hartke, a hog farmer from Teutopolis who served in the Illinois House and later as the state’s agriculture ...