This summer, as tensions rise along with the temperature and the persistent deep divisions in our country give rise to a ...

About a week after the state budget passed both chambers in the dark of night, Attorney General Kwame Raoul spoke to the City ...

Forty Under 40 honoree Jessica K. Covey serves as a regional hospice care coordinator, supporting families through some of ...

Logan County officials are on track to consider and potentially vote on land-use applications for a $5 billion data center ...

New local comedy venture begins Get ready, Springfield. For three Friday nights this month, the comedians of Capital City Comix will take over the upstairs stage at Arlington’s for what is billed as a ...

When I was in high school, I would regularly hitchhike home along a seven-mile trek through Florissant, Ferguson and Jennings in north St. Louis County. On any street, I would walk to the curb, ...

Welcome to July of 2026 as our national holiday weekend celebrating Independence Day in the U.S. of A. comes in hotter than a firecracker on the Fourth of July, to borrow an appropriate phrase for the ...

Between this week’s Fourth of July holiday and the America 250 activities taking place throughout the year, there are many ways to celebrate. This special issue looks back at historical observances of ...

Babe Ruth, FDR and America at the Crossroadsby Randall Sullivan (Grove Atlantic Books, 2026). Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game will be held July 14at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia as part of ...

The only thing between dream and reality is action,” proclaims Adena Rivas, founder of the Creative Reuse Marketplace (CRM) in Springfield. “Octopolis” is the dream of Adena and her sister, Layna Joy ...

LifeStar Ambulance Service. Inc. wants to temporarily drop its lawsuit against Springfield Memorial Hospital to gather proof ...

This past weekend marked a transition in the life of Temple Israel, the congregation I served for 47 years as rabbi and of ...