Chicago-based artist Bob Faust’s Ways & Means participatory public art initiative has been installed on the lawn of the Executive Mansion. He describes it as offering a message of non-partisan hope ...

Mayor Misty Buscher will host a special Veterans Day Reception on Monday, Nov. 9, honoring the men and women who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. The reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. at VFW ...

Problem gamblers seeking to avoid the temptation to gamble can ban themselves from most of the state’s gambling offerings, ...

The University of Illinois Springfield Theatre Program will present six performances of Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire, ...

Around 150 people gathered in University of Illinois Springfield’s Brookens Auditorium Oct. 21 to learn more about the ...

The Sangamon County Mental Health Board chose Springfield native and nonprofit leader Dr. Tatyana Gardner (sitting at left) to become the organization's first executive director at its September ...

The Mini O’Beirne Crisis Nursery sits behind a white picket fence in a quiet, historic neighborhood on North Seventh Street.

Despite a total of 17 seats up for reelection on the Sangamon County Board and increased eyes on county politics, only four of those races are contested. With 29 board members, Sangamon is one of only ...