Springfield News

Left to right, Tecia Hennessey, American Legion Auxiliary Logan Unit #263, Jacquiline Martincic, Courtney Mileham and Marlens Schrader, Unit #263 Education Chairman.

First responders were called to E. Washington Street just before 6:30 PM. Many of the buildings nearby were empty because it was after work hours.

Abraham Lincoln impersonator Vernon Risty helps South Holland Mayor Don DeGraff and other officials cut the ribbon for the opening of "Abraham Lincoln: Self Made in America" exhibit opening at the Chicago Southland Lincoln Oasis, Monday, July 28th, 2014, in South Holland.

Managers of two Illinois state fairs have been fined for soliciting and accepting free beer tickets for the events.

Half a dozen counties in a central Illinois judicial district could soon join a pilot project that allows cameras in court.

A former custodian in a western Illinois school district has been sent to prison for having sex with a 15-year-old student.

The potential exists this afternoon for strong to severe storms in Springfield and the Central Illinois area.

Boaters hoping to use Lake Springfield this weekend will need to make alternate plans.

Relay for Life co-chairs Nicole Bottrell and Nancy Reese Getting by with a little help from friends and family L INCOLN - The upcoming Relay for Life does more than enable people to raise funds for cancer research and prevention.

Two Springfield men face murder charges after being indicted Thursday in the stabbing death of 59-year old James Goins back in May. Goins' body was found behind Club Station House May 26th.

The Korean War National Museum in Springfield was re-dedicated the same way Fighting in the Korean War ended with Marine Bob Ericson playing taps on his bugle.

State Police are trying to find another round of police impersonators - this time ones who robbed, tied up and gagged the victim.

The construction equipment company's adjusted profit topped Wall Street's view, but revenue fell short.

Longtime, local businessman, Terry Robert Grant, 73, of Taylorville, IL, passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2014 at 11:50 a.m. at his home.

For Springfieldites in the Land of Lincoln, it seems that almost all the Lincoln sites are right here in Central Illinois.

Perhaps Illinois' latest sunshine flap, in which citizens are being denied concealed carry permits and FOID cards without explanation, will enlighten more people about the far-reaching perils of government secrecy.

Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputies say a lockdown at the Lincoln Place Mobile Home park in unincorporated Springfield near Riverton has ended.

An Iowa filmmaker is partnering with the Lincoln Monument Association to make a documentary about Abraham Lincoln's tomb in Springfield, Illinois.

South Bend's historic Lincoln carriage will roll out of town next year to spend two months on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. The vehicle, which is on permanent display at Studebaker National Museum, is the carriage that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife rode to Ford's Theatre on ... (more)

The Illinois Secretary of State's office has closed its Howlett Building in Springfield for the day because of a small fire.