The city of Springfield is launching the Springfield Minority Business Institute, a new multi-week educational initiative ...

Safe and stable housing creates the foundation that every person in our community needs to thrive, live a healthy life and ...

Some of Illinois’ top Democrats say they’re open to considering targeted changes to Illinois’ controversial SAFE-T Act this ...

Project Censored released the 2026 edition of its State of the Free Press in November. About a week later, Random Lengths interviewed the book’s editors – Mickey Huff, Andy Lee Roth and Shealeigh ...

Project Censored released the 2026 edition of its State of the Free Press in November. About a week later, Random Lengths interviewed the book’s editors – Mickey Huff, Andy Lee Roth and Shealeigh ...

A $7.6 million court settlement stemming from a data breach that affected almost 869,000 Hospital Sisters Health System patients will result in average payments of $40 to $50 for 80,000 people. That ...

The Springfield City Council approved a contract worth up to $25,000 for Scott Hanauer, brother of Ward 10 Ald. Ralph Hanauer, at its Jan. 6 meeting. It serves as an extension of a professional ...

Criminal charges have been dropped against Nicolas Paz, a Springfield restauranter who had been accused of defrauding the state of more than $100,000 in sales tax revenue. But his wife, Amanda Paz, ...

As the new year rolls along our community keeps up a steady flow of live music performances from all directions, and that’s the way it ought to be. We often consider right after the holiday season a ...

This popular film series, in its 34th year, features eight award-winning international and independent films from around the world. Once again it is presented by the Springfield Art Association in ...

Half a century ago, Peter Jensen launched Project Censored, in part as a response to how the Watergate break-in was covered. Richard Nixon didn’t censor the initial reporting, but he didn’t have to.