Change has a way of arriving whether we’re prepared for it or not. Careers shift, routines evolve, families grow and move and the pace of daily life can feel both demanding and repetitive. In the ...

Comfort Food Week, Dec. 8-14, brings Springfield a brand-new celebration of the dishes that warm the heart and feed the soul.

Knowing my own faults and foibles, I try to be tolerant of such things in others-even those who think that Brussels sprouts ...

In the days after the horrific burning of a woman on a Chicago CTA train by a clearly deranged habitual criminal suspect last ...

Please submit your resume and cover letter to Fletcher Farrar at [email protected]. The role Illinois Times, a trusted ...

The Massey Commission released a final report this week that details more than two dozen recommendations, specifically labeling them "calls to action," and listed entities that should be responsible ...

The proposed $500 million data center that CyrusOne wants to build in southwestern Sangamon County would generate up to $6 ...

Casey Prather credits a sober living home run by Springfield resident Julie Benson to playing a part in the longest stretch of sobriety he’s experienced in his adult life. Prather calls Benson’s Home ...

Jennifer Gill’s 12-year tenure as Springfield School District 186 superintendent will come to a close when she retires at the end of the current school year in June 2026. Meanwhile, the District 186 ...

As we dig out from the record snowfall of last weekend while dealing with “adding insult to injury” cold temperatures, those insistent makers of music will continue to plow through all kinds of ...

Often, when driving on I-55 to and from Chicago, I while away the hours with word games. (How many words mean “dull”?) Until I reach McLean County, that is, when the towers of the Twin Groves Wind ...