In the Springfield metro area, about 9,600 Black people and 13,390 white people were living in poverty in 2023, according to the five-year ACS data. In the city of Springfield, about 9,000 Blacks ...

SPRINGFIELD -- A fire on June 15 fully engulfed an historic horse barn on the grounds of the Illinois State Fairgrounds. All ...

Springfield will enter a 25-year agreement to purchase solar from an area installation that will make of 6.5% of the city's energy generation.

The Springfield Fire Department is on the scene of a barn fire, and crews are working to remove the animals inside.

The protests are being organized in response to the estimated $40 million price tag on the parade. Here’s what’s happening in ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Springfield Fire Department is on scene at a barn fire at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. SFD says people are working to remove horses from the barn. They say crews are ...

A Springfield business which opened in the 1940s is under new ownership. Turasky Meats, a Springfield-based meat company ...

Fire crews responded to a structure fire at the Illinois State Fairgrounds around 6 p.m. on Sunday. According to the fire ...

Dan Duster, the great-grandson of American civil rights activist Ida B. Wells, will appear in Springfield Tuesday, June 17.

Lawmakers still have time to avert a $771 million fiscal cliff. But transit agencies like the CTA will start planning now for ...

As part of a country-wide movement, protestors in Springfield and Decatur brought out their signs and took to the streets for ...

Chicago lawmakers in the state capital just voted to worsen the condition of the city’s severely underfunded police and fire ...