Springfield Metro News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A single player has won the $4.75 million jackpot from the latest drawing of the Illinois State Lottery's Lotto game.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Ill., is a finalist to receive a $20 million collection of Lincoln artifacts.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Police in Springfield are investigating a vandalism spree in which at least 84 cars and trucks had their windows shot out with BB guns.

SPRINGFIELD The Illinois House voted Wednesday to reverse about $480 million in budget cuts imposed by Gov.

Wal-Mart aims to open Springfield's third supercenter at a west-side location in 2010, though a piece of the proposed site remains tied up in court.

The presidential field has been paired from fifteen-plus candidates to just two.

The nation's largest retail chain opened the doors of its newest Springfield location to employees and special guests Monday night.

The Justice Department's former top criminal prosecutor says the government's terror watch list likely has caused thousands of innocent Americans to be questioned, searched or otherwise hassled.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - It is only coincidence that on the day Springfield gasoline prices hit a record of nearly $4.20 a gallon, a U.S. Senate appropriations committee approved a record $1.55 billion to run Amtrak ...

Not all Illinois students can learn about recycling from what they see in school.

Despite high gas prices and the general malaise of the economy, downtown Springfield merchants are keeping their collective heads above water.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich insists his administration will do everything possible to limit the pain for employees affected by moving more than 100 state jobs from Springfield to southern Illinois.

An appellate court has ordered a hearing to consider potential new evidence in the case of murder victim Karyn Slover, whose ex-husband and former in-laws are in prison for the killing.

A former Naperville man has been sentenced to three years in prison for possession of child pornography -- a term that will be served concurrent to his five-year federal prison stay for a similar crime.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he's disappointed House Speaker Michael Madigan forced him to make $1.4 billion in budget cuts Wednesday but promises he won't give up the fight.

A fast-moving thunderstorm blew through the Springfield area late Tuesday afternoon, knocking down trees and power lines and cutting power to hundreds.

Associated Press - July 9, 2008 6:44 AM ET SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A former employee of the secretary of state's office who is suspected of taking documents containing Social Security numbers and other personal ...

Springfield Police Commander Cliff Buscher has pleaded guilty in Missouri to a misdemeanor stemming from an incident in March during which he fired his service weapon at a lake while intoxicated.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Illinois legislators return to Springfield today for what is ostensibly another attempt to balance the state budget -- but which is looking more like a $2 billion poker game, complete with ...

Parents concerned over suspended vaccinations More fans means more fun Rose Lawn cemetery owner fails to pay back victims Rose Lawn Memorial Estates may have been targeting veterans and their families when it ...