District 186 graduation rates are returning to pre-pandemic levels, but the district continues to struggle with low ...

Jennifer Gill's children were in middle school when she accepted the job to be the District 186 superintendent in 2014. Now, ...

No matter what season we are in, there's always something and almost anything, plus nearly everything you need while never ...

To qualify for Poplar Place, prospective tenants must be at or below 60% of the area's median household income. Twenty-five ...

Cadigan imposed the maximum sentence of 21 years in prison. However, if the Illinois Department of Corrections finds that ...

The First Citizen Award committee has selected Joan Bartolon as the 62nd recipient of the Springfield area’s prestigious ...

A vital, vibrant piece of cinema, Jacques Audard’s Emilia Perez is a gleeful mashup of a variety of genres that, much like ...

While national pundits were surprised by the strength of Donald Trump's showing, local political observers found few ...

The audience assembled this past Friday, Nov. 8, for "Paris Impressions," the second concert in the Illinois Symphony ...

Guy Sternberg, director of Starhill Forest Arboretum in rural Menard County (the largest research/collection center for the ...

Murphy devastating in year’s best Small Things Though is seems more pressing now than usual, the question regarding adhering ...

One night in mid-February, I sat in a church parking lot alone, with a black smudged cross on my forehead. The Ash Wednesday service wrapped up about 30 minutes prior and everyone had left. I thought ...