Well, better late than never.For those of you scoring at home, the state’s new fiscal year starts Friday. The state doesn’t have a budget

Today, the SJ-R had headlines proclaiming that over half of Republicans do not want Donald Trump, and another story that Trump had raised only about $1

Springfield-area lawmakers have mixed feelings about the prospects for reaching a state spending agreement by Friday, the end of one budget-less fiscal

RAYMOND -- Volunteers of the Panhandle Food Pantry initially wondered if their charity was a failure even before it started on a Tuesday morning nearly 15 years ago.Not one person walked through the pantry door at 204 N. O'Bannon St. in Raymond on its ope...

MIAMI - After his team lost for the fifth time in its last six games, Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon gave a highly detailed list of all the things that concern him right now."None at all," Maddon said.No, not even the Cubs' first rough patch of the sea...

As many people around the world are trying to wrap their minds around what just happened in Britain, you may also be wondering "What does the Brexit mean for my money?"If you are worried about your 401(k), take heart. Most experts say you shouldn't rush...

LONDON -- Britain and the EU haven't even begun divorce talks but they are already bickering, as political and economic shockwaves from the British vote spread around the world.EU diplomats meeting in Berlin told Britain to hurry up and trigger the formal...

Matthew Ardebili and his fiancee, Kate Bates, staked out a spot at the edge of Lake Springfield on Friday evening to watch the annual Rock the Dock fireworks show -- the traditional kickoff to the area's Fourth of July festivities. Ardebili said he's been...

MIAMI - Rookie Willson Contreras homered and drove in three runs to help the Chicago Cubs break their longest losing streak of the season at four games by beating the Miami Marlins 5-4 Friday night.Contreras hit a two-run homer in the Cubs' four-run first...

Two women were taken to Memorial Medical Center on Friday following a two-vehicle crash on Illinois 72 west of Springfield.Haley M. Ott, 16, of Mahomet was heading west on the interstate about 10:40 a.m. when another westbound driver, Thomas F. Scott, 63,...