U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock says he hasn’t decided whether to run for governor next year, but the Republican from Peoria is sounding and behaving like a candidate.Consider a press availability sessio
If Abraham Lincoln were alive, would he need Head and Shoulders?The answer could settle whether a hat on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum actually belonged to Abe.The hat
Illinois auditor general William G. Holland was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of drunken driving.Details of the arrest by Illinois State Police were not immediately available, but records at the San
Video gambling was illegal in Springfield when Mayor Mike Houston took office in the spring of 2011 and vowed to fix the city’s crumbling streets, sidewalks and sewers without raising taxes.Vide
You may recall Alonso D. Travis, even if you never knew his name.He was the guy who hit you up for money on downtown sidewalks and store parking lots along Jefferson Street and on North Grand Avenue.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is considering legal action against a Carlinville coal mine for violating pollution laws.Testing in the spring of 2011 revealed excessive levels of mangane
A Springfield woman who says she was groped by a Southern View police officer in a patrol car last spring has sued the village, saying that Joseph Zeid Langan, who has since left the force, had no bus
A captain in the Springfield Fire Department could be disciplined after his third drunken driving arrest since 2005.Capt. Thomas A. Dodd, 51, was arrested on Dec. 30 shortly after 6:30 p.m. when an em
Sexual no-nos among clergy are nothing new in the Diocese of Springfield.The diocese in 2005 hired a Methodist to figure things out when a priest was severely beaten after soliciting sex in Douglas Pa
After a delay caused by a court setback, the Springfield City Council has extended health benefits to civil-union partners of municipal employees.But the council’s action might still be illegal