Between January and December 2024, Illinois collected over $800 million from video gaming machines. In Springfield alone, businesses netted over $52 million, with the city receiving more than $2.5 ...

SPRINGFIELD – As the Trump administration has begun enacting mass deportations in recent weeks, activists and public ...

Central Illinois has a unique connection to the Super Bowl through Brendan Daly, a Sacred Heart-Griffin graduate and NFL ...

On Tuesday, the Springfield Park District announced that the president of the district, Leslie Sgro, was the recipient of the ...

CHICAGO – Former Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history, ...

The decade-long FBI investigation that led to Madigan’s trial roiled local politics and changed the course of Illinois ...

A jury has delivered a split verdict against former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, finding him guilty on 10 of 23 ...

The verdict capped an unpredictable four-month trial that gave jurors an up-front and uncensored look at the practice of behind-the-scenes politics in Chicago and Illinois in the previous decade.

Abraham Lincoln had to eat, sleep and put money in the bank just like everyone else. Now you can see the transactions and bank movements he ...

One of the biggest debates in Springfield — how to keep mass transit from running out of money — is finally starting to take shape.

Here is a list of former Nebraska and Iowa football players, Nebraska natives or other local connections to this year's Super ...

It’s time once again to dive into another round of quick takes on the people, places and events that were being talked about ...