Springfield Police are investigating the city's fourth homicide. Police were called to 1400 North 11th Street for a 911 call at 3:32 a.m. Tuesday morning.

Organizations representing small businesses and farmers added their voices Tuesday to the fight to defeat Gov.

A Pleasant Plains middle school teacher resigned Tuesday after he had been suspended without pay for 10 days for making social media posts considered to be racist and to promote violence.

A man was arrested early Tuesday morning in an attempted robbery of the Wyndham Springfield City Centre downtown.

A staff member of a day care center in Chatham tested positive for coronavirus, Sangamon County public health officials said Tuesday.

Michelle "Micki" Smith's winning entry for a Ralph Lauren national design contest shows a Black man, his head tilted back and his eyes closed.

Adam Watkins has been named dean of arts and communication at Lincoln Land Community College.

The Sangamon County Republican Central Committee will host a drive-through giveaway of 300 bag lunches on a first come, first-served basis on July 18 outside their headquarters, 1132 Sangamon Ave.

A Beardstown man was arrested by Illinois State Police for two counts of possession of child pornography and sexual contact with an animal.