Springfield is considering a payroll tax that would be collected from employees and employers within the city. Councilors at their Sept. 2 meeting directed staff members to move forward with this ...

The Illinois high school football season resumes with Week 2 on Friday, Sept. 5. Rochester's ranked showdown at Mount Zion airs on CW23 with coverage beginning at 6:30 p.m. Rochester is ranked No. 2 ...

The defendant was indicted by a Sangamon County grand jury for second degree murder and two other charges. The victim was the sister of Daytime Emmy Award-winning actor Rome Flynn. SPRINGFIELD -- A ...

Two people were stabbed Tuesday, Sept. 2, in west Springfield, according to police. Springfield Police Department officers were dispatched to the 700 block of North Jonathan Avenue around 10 a.m.

A house fire on West Lombard Street led to the discovery of three people who died in what the Springfield Police Department says is a murder-suicide. The Springfield Police Department Homicide Unit ...

SPRINGFIELD -- Videos making the rounds on social media appear to show two Springfield Police officers punching a defendant outside of a residence on Yale Boulevard Sept. 6 evening. The videos, which ...

With a defense littered with All-MSFA selections and a returning NAIA First Team All-American in defensive end Marquise Cross, some might be surprised to hear Sain Francis head coach Adam Sherman call ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Crews worked to put out a car fire in Springfield Monday afternoon. Springfield Fire Captain Drew Piemonte said firefighters were called to the intersection of Oak and ...

A ruling on confectionary etiquette in the haunted season. Alex writes: I want to give out full-size candy bars to trick-or-treaters on Halloween. Who doesn’t want to be known as the “cool guy who is ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Three individuals have died following a residential fire in Springfield on Sunday, August 24. The Springfield Police Department (SPD) tells Ozarks First that officers responded ...

As the 2025-26 high school sports season kicks off throughout the state this week, there are more than a dozen new head coaches for fall sports teams throughout the Eugene-Springfield area. Here is a ...