University of Illinois Springfield News

Regina Garcia Cano, who has covered such issues as medical marijuana, pensions and gas drilling for The Associated Press in Illinois, has been hired to work in the cooperative's Columbus bureau.

But when it comes to accepting massive open online courses, or MOOCs, some worry university leaders may need to slam on the brakes.

The Marengo trio beamed as a graduate very special to them was about to join hundreds of others in receiving McHenry County College degrees and certificates.

In this April 17, 2013 photo, Jim Taylor wipes a tear from his eye as he discusses the strain on his marriage caused by Alzheimera s disease induced memory loss during an art expression class at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield, Ill.

The budget vote and election are noon to 9 p.m. May 21 at Watertown High School and North Elementary School.

Hamilton High School senior Nathan Goecks recently signed a letter of intent to attend University of Illinois Springfield on a golf scholarship.

Trif Alatzas, the new executive editor of the Baltimore Sun, is excited about the opportunities for journalism in a transformative era for newspapers.

Suits and Sneakers were the dress code in the Capitol as Illinois lawmakers, coaches and other supporters gathered at the capitol for Ben Wierzba, head men's basketball coach at the University of Illinois Springfield, said he wore sneakers in honor of a friend.

Instead, Buente chose to keep it simple. One of the top prep golfers in the state the past two years, Buente wanted a school where he would get a great education and be able to play college golf.

It was the sort of discussion that happens hundreds of times a day in America's college classrooms -- an English professor and her students grappled with Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem, "To a Skylark," trying to pry meaning from words written nearly two centuries ago.

A survey conducted by the University of Illinois Springfield shows Sangamon County employers have positive expectations for their own firm or business over the next 12 months.