Downtown Springfield, Inc. (DSI) will host an ‘Ask Me Anything’ event with its new executive director, Jay Shanle, on ...

Illinois lawmakers are digging deep on data centers, with a House committee hearing from mayors, labor groups, and ...

Spring in Central Illinois is the perfect time to put your business in front of new customers—and the Women Entrepreneurs of ...

Spring in Central Illinois is the perfect time to put your business in front of new customers—and the Women Entrepreneurs of Central Illinois (WECI) Women’s Business Showcase is built to do exactly ...

Two years after Sara Bowen-Lasisi began working for the Phoenix Center, she realized the Springfield nonprofit appeared to be overbilling the state for grant-supported HIV testing. But Bowen-Lasisi ...

Run where Lincoln walked on Saturday This annual event immerses runners in Lincoln history unlike any other race! The race starts and finishes at the Old State Capitol where Lincoln gave his House ...

I sought and found a certain grave in North Oxford. J.R.R. Tolkien’s headstone read simply “Beren” and his wife’s read “Luthien.” I found a pair of those special dice some of you will know well, ...

For some reason things feel like they’re moving rapidly right now as we are set up to get into the second full weekend in April already. Time marches on and I guess we just have to keep up with the ...

In May 1861, Mary Lincoln posed for what was likely her first official portrait as first lady with the highly respected Washington, D.C., photographer Mathew Brady. He would become renowned for stark ...