The sidewalks of downtown Springfield will be busy again when the excitement of the holiday season returns with a whirlwind ...

Twenty-three years later Barnes and Noble survives, as does Prairie Archives and the Book Rack. The status of the Elf Shelf ...

The Springfield and Peoria proposals appeared to be triggered by a June ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court involving a city in ...

Hey there, all you happy readers of Now Playing and Illinois Times, I'd like to say thank you, just for you being right here, ...

Stepping onto a glass floor with hundreds of red poppies below, winding through exhibits of artillery and getting a feel for ...

On Nov. 21, the Senate took a bipartisan vote and passed legislation known as the Dignity in Pay Act, sending it to Gov. JB ...

Board games offer opportunities to teach turn-taking, communication skills, strategy and more, and they make a great family-friendly gift for the holidays. Ryan Leake, owner of Little Lincoln's Toy ...

On Dec. 20, 1900, then-Illinois Gov. John Tanner granted clemency to seven prisoners. Five were boys; four had stolen ...

More youth programs are needed to intervene in the lives of young people to prevent them from becoming victims or ...

The lawsuit, filed Nov. 21 in federal court in Chicago by the Thomas More Society, seeks to prevent the state from requiring ...

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

The Thanksgiving holiday which we will celebrate ing the coming week is a time for family gatherings and festive meals and ...