Springfield's JCPenney store has been spared from the Texas-based retailer's first round of store closures.

ALTONA - On Dan Erickson's 2,300-acre farm in northern Knox County where 18,000 pigs are sent to market each year, the fifth-generation farmer is faced with the biggest crisis of his career.

More than a million people in Illinois have been tested for COVID-19, or nearly 8 percent of the state's population, according to Gov.

Barney's Furniture has been a Springfield staple for more than eight decades.

Democrat Brandon Adams, a Jacksonville alderman, is on the Nov. 3 ballot to take on state Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer, R-Jacksonville, for the 100th House District seat.

Allegiant Air's seasonal service out of Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport won't be departing the Springfield market anytime soon.

Springfield Police Chief Kenny Winslow tapped into a network of area law enforcement agencies when he was preparing for what might happen as demonstrations swept the country, spurred by the death of George Floyd on May 25 in Minneapolis."Not knowing how big this was going to get, ...

Pride Month began Monday.

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump effectively claimed victory over the economic crisis and COVID-19 on Friday and major progress against racial inequity, heartily embracing an unexpectedly good jobs report in hopes of convincing a discouraged nation he deserves another four years in office.