But, in 2021, DeFord notified everyone it would be the final year of the Redneck Fishing Tournament. An ongoing battle with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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The Springfield City Council engaged in a heated debate Tuesday over grants for Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts. Frustration mounted as supporters of the ordinances questioned why their fellow ...

There has been no organized opposition to the proposal from residents, and Village Board members have been generally supportive, Lopez said. The proposed Jerome TIF, covering 54 acres of property ...

Much of today’s manufacturing facilities are clean, bright and very high-tech, utilizing cutting edge robotics and advanced automation systems. And industrial maintenance techs are the people who keep ...

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