The Downtown Springfield, Inc. (DSI) board of directors has appointed Jay Shanle as the nonprofit’s new executive director.

As Illinois Times completes its transition to a nonprofit, Kate McKenzie has been chosen as the organization’s first CEO.

The Leland Grove City Council unanimously approved hiring Kenton Oliver as the new Leland Grove chief of police at a March 24 ...

The air inside the sanctuary was thick with incense. A priest in embroidered vestments chanted ancient prayers as parishioners stood shoulder to shoulder. Some bowed deeply before painted icons of ...

A piece of artwork hangs over my desk. For more than 20 years of ordained ministry, it has reminded me of connections with ...

Here we go into the last weekend of March with weather that to say the least – and I always try to say the least – is still unsettled. But never fear my fellow music aficionados, soon our dreams of ...

A woman entrusted her precious cat to our clinic. The cat promptly got loose and disappeared. For two weeks we searched; then the woman was due back. I ordered my husband to meet her but he vanished ...

Night of music, food planned Sponsors, volunteers and community members are invited to a special evening of appreciation for those who make the Sangamon County Fair a success each year. The event ...

Thank you to Illinois Times for covering the city of Springfield’s annual budget (“An overview of Springfield’s finances,” March 4). Now that the budget has passed, I want to make four factual points ...

After almost three hours of constituents mostly deriding the idea of a data center in Sangamon County, the County Board voted ...

Starting March 23, Leland Grove Police Chief Dan Ryan will not be able to drive a motor vehicle while he’s awaiting trial for ...

Continuing on her journey through the decades, local playwright Courtney Wick brings the third story in her trilogy of plays ...