Crews dispatched by the city on Nov. 24 cleaned up what remained of an encampment of homeless people in the 800 block of ...

As our community gathers around dinner tables and living rooms this Thanksgiving week, it is impossible not to reflect on the ...

Congress’ “Big Beautiful Bill” that passed last summer could prove to be far more damaging to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Illinois than most people know. A SNAP “death penalty” is ...

It’s unclear whether the Sangamon County Board can, or will, delay a vote for six months or more on zoning, as some residents ...

The director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, Dr. Sameer Vohra, joined a chorus of doctors, epidemiologists and ...

While controversial, the verdict Oct. 29 in the trial of Sean Grayson in the death of Sonya Massey marked one of the few times in recent history that an American police officer became a convicted ...

A second commission formed by the Sangamon County Board has run its course, with the Sangamon County Mental Health Commission ...

Springfield, the site of the very first paid professional women’s baseball game of any kind, will soon be home again to women ...

The Springfield City Council once again shot down the idea of a landlord registry during a chaotic Nov. 18 meeting, voting ...

You likely already know that U.S. Rep. Chuy García (D-Chicago) dropped out of his re-election race in a way that essentially ...

Rampant and haphazard growth after the Civil War left Springfield dirty, dangerous, unhealthful and inconvenient. The race riots in 1908 left the city’s worthy citizens with what we might call a ...

Experts in overdose response told Illinois Times they’re skeptical of Springfield’s capacity to treat people in need, despite ...