Amanda Knox, who was ultimately acquitted in the murder of her British roommate in Italy in a case that grabbed world attention, will speak at the Illinois Innocence Project "Defenders of the Innocent" fundraiser in May.

The Springfield branch of the NAACP hosted the 99th Annual Lincoln-Douglass Freedom Fund Banquet at the Crowne Plaza Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020.

In my mid-20s, I worked as a child welfare case worker. The work changed me, variably and deeply and permanently.

Before starting Pure News USA, a free monthly newspaper in Springfield, T.C. Christian Jr. was advocating for more jobs for blacks in the city.

ROCKFORD - Doctors here and across the country are advising patients who struggle with fertility to avoid ingesting marijuana as use of the drug increases as a result of legalization in Illinois and elsewhere.

The man who designed the Brinkerhoff Home, the mansion on the North Fifth Street grounds of the former Springfield College in Illinois, was a talented architect.

KABUL, Afghanistan - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and six wounded in a so-called insider attack in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province late Saturday when an Afghan dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire, the U.S. military said.

WASHINGTON - Confronted with trillion-dollar-plus deficits for as far as the eye can see, President Donald Trump is offering a budget plan that rehashes previously rejected spending cuts while leaving Social Security and Medicare benefits untouched.

BEIJING - China's virus death toll rose by 89 on Sunday to 811, passing the number of fatalities in the 2002-2003 SARS epidemic, but fewer new cases were reported in a possible sign its spread may be slowing as other nations stepped up efforts to block the disease.