Mendoza: New fiscal year will be even more challenging than height of budget impasse

Win, Lose, or Draught bar in Springfield will be closed through July 15 after two employees who worked last week tested positive for COVID-19.In a series of social media posts, owner Ryan Bandy confirmed the results.

For the past week, Illinois residents have enjoyed a taste of freedom not seen since mid-March.

Chadwick Workman organized a peaceful rally in Taylorville last month in response to the May 25 death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis policeman.

An order Thursday by a downstate judge nullifying each of the COVID-19-related executive orders issued by Gov.

It was a U.S. flag, the one in the iconic photograph being raised by Marines during the Battle of Iwo Jima, that partly inspired Ken Oglesby of Springfield to join the U.S. Army's Air Defense Missile System, serving from 1959 to 1962.The flag still means something to Oglesby.

KEYSTONE, S.D. - President Donald Trump planned a fiery Mount Rushmore speech Friday night including denunciations of protesters he says are trying to "tear down" the nation's history.

Work on Archer Elevator Road improvements continues to progress.

The U.S. headed into the Fourth of July weekend with many parades and fireworks displays canceled, beaches and bars closed, and health authorities warning that this will be a crucial test of Americans' self-control that could determine the trajectory of the surging coronavirus outbreak.

WASHINGTON - Jordan Simmons noticed the young Black woman next to him had stopped chanting, breaking down in tears. She had been leading fellow protesters outside the White House to repeat the names of Black Americans killed by police. Simmons, a usually quiet 18-year-old from Laurel, Maryland, turned to his mother.