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 ...

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

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

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

"Sissy, I'm hungry," was always a phrase I heard growing up. My two little sisters would tell me this in hopes I would cure their hunger. I always did. Little 9-year-old me would venture into the ...