The pandemic played out as a slow-moving global disaster that required almost daily cost-versus-benefit analysis. As I ...

Marking the five-year anniversary of the shutdowns and restrictions and fallout that reshaped life in Lane County.

Illinois Republican lawmakers are urging their colleagues to join them in “stopping” illegal immigration while suggesting Gov. J.B. Pritzker is “shifting his view” on the issue.

Aaron Churchill of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute rebuts a recent Beacon Journal editorial, praising Ohio for greater ...

An infusion of funding and newly introduced legislation has raised hopes that Lincoln’s New Salem Historic site can be ...

The Coffee Ethic is now serving an expanded brunch menu. Also, where to find the viral Dubai chocolate bar in Springfield — ...

Brent Musburger, a former Chicago sportswriter, brought the title of March Madness to the NCAA Tournament when covering the ...

Rescue One has helped more than 13,500 animals since opening in 2014. The organization is planning to add space as it ...

Deadly weather swept across the Ozarks last week, damaging dozens of houses and leaving 12 people dead. Officials share that ...

The Southwest Minnesota Men’s Chorus is coming back to Springfield. The group will be doing their annual spring dinner show Monday, April 14 at the Springfield Area Community Center. The shows begin ...

The Springfield Diocese and a pro-life center are challenging a law that restricts religious organizations from rejecting ...

The following area students are among more than 700 students named to the fall semester dean's list for academic achievement ...