WASHINGTON - Alan Biagini doesn't consider himself a trailblazer. But he is.

Every August, Sandy Fulgenzi shuts down the restaurant she owns with her husband John and stands along Sangamon Avenue in Springfield waving a flag trying to get folks to pay to park in their parking lot.

MONMOUTH - While plans to revitalize downtown Monmouth are still falling into place, one new brewpub hopes to kick off a wave of activity for the area.

MONMOUTH - After the Oct. 25 fire that engulfed the Monmouth Municipal Airport's hangar, the city is still deliberating how they will rebuild.

Twenty jobs at the Illinois Department of Transportation are being reclassified to bring them under anti-patronage protections.