In 2023, the people of Springfield named Googey as the eighth Captain Springfield. Googey died at his home Thursday, according to a Facebook post.

Springfield City Council could vote on the rezoning request for about 29 acres on Primrose Street at its Jan. 27 meeting.

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan will take the witness stand in his corruption trial — an unexpected revelation that will likely stretch the already lengthy trial into late January.

Since no Democrat filed to run, state Sen. Chris Balkema knew upon winning the 53rd Illinois Senate District Republican primary last March that he would eventually be heading ...

The data comports with other data reported across the state last year. An April report by the ADL New England logged 440 ...

Senator Adam Gomez (D, Springfield) was sworn into office representing the Hampden district in the Massachusetts State Senate ...

When Robert Kraft hired Jerod Mayo a year ago, he felt he’d identified the right person to follow the championship legacy ...

Before their lame-duck session ends Tuesday, Illinois lawmakers may consider issues ranging from clean energy and criminal ...

And even though their troop leader, Liz Tomera ... Decatur, Peoria and Springfield. But Sedbrook wants to increase the number of kids involved in Girl Scouts. "We have about 10,000 Girl Scouts ...

The 68th Miss Illinois County Fair Queen Pageant will be Jan. 18 at the Crown Plaza Convention Center in Springfield. Seventy ...

Pat Herrity, Fairfax County’s only Republican politician elected to office, announced his campaign for lieutenant governor of ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has completed his first day of testimony at the longtime Chicago Democrat’s corruption trial at the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S.