Springfield News

We got a white Christmas, in exchange for a barrage of travel headaches. The Christmas Eve winter storm caused more than 135 flight cancellations in Dallas, Texas, and travelers in Springfield were feeling the effects Christmas Day.

Census officials are fanning out across the state to find as many as 100,000 people to work as census takers between now and June - including 4,800 in west central Illinois alone.

When Janice Love was growing up, she considered Jacksonville's Eastside neighborhood a fine place to live.

A 6-month-old baby is still in critical condition in the burn unit at Shands Hospital in Gainesville after a fire erupted in a home on 17th Street in the Springfield neighborhood of Jacksonville on Wednesday night.

In the past six months, Barb Whewell feels as though she has gotten her life back.

Three people were displaced after a house fire late Tuesday in Springfield. The fire happened near the corner of North Liberty Street and East 17th Street.

Jacksonville Sheriff's Officers rushed to 43 East 18th Street, in Springfield, Saturday afternoon in response to a shooting.

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Compact fluorescent lightbulbs - the environmental sweethearts that use a third of the energy and last about 10 times longer than regular incandescent bulbs - have one slight drawback.

The owners of the Downtown lunchtime hot spot the Burrito Gallery have opened a new restaurant concept in Springfield called Uptown Market & Deli .

The Jacksonville Speech & Hearing Center celebrated its 60th anniversary - with the help of a Miss America.

Mark and Amanda Searle have a lovely home. Walk in their front door on East 9th Street in Springfield and you will see a restored brick fireplace in the middle of the kitchen, porcelain tiled kitchen cabinets, a flat screen television and stereo system and wood paneled floors.

The Jacksonville Historical Society has launched a $5 million fund raising campaign to acquire and renovate the former St.

It's one thing to throw money up against the wall and hope it sticks. It's another thing entirely to carefully apply money to the wall and then do everything possible to make sure it sticks.

Testing explained A city representative will discuss the new testing at a general meeting of the Springfield Preservation and Revitalization Council Thursday at 7 p.m. at 1321 N. Main St.

A South Jacksonville woman was injured early Saturday when a suspected drunken driver blew through a stop sign and struck her vehicle.

Jacksonville police have identified a man found dead in Springfield Friday as RobertJon Montigny, 27, of the 300 block of East 5th Street.

A Jacksonville man died on a Springfield street early Friday, apparently following a scuffle.

A day after the eighth police-involved shooting of the year, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is expected to release details about exactly what happened when two off-duty officers fatally shot a man in Springfield.

There are still several questions police are trying to answer after a suspect is shot dead by a Jacksonville Sheriff's Officer Monday evening in Springfield.