A fundraising campaign is underway for a Springfield woman who was shot and killed on New Year's Day. Kilanna Gladney, 31, ...

A new Illinois General Assembly was sworn in and legislators now face several tough issues including how to plug a projected ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, (WCIA) — A car crashed into MVP Bar and Grill in Springfield early on Christmas morning, causing a large fire to break out in the building. According to the Springfield Fire ...

HOUSTON (AP) — Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson passed Michael Vick for the most rushing yards by a quarterback in NFL history in a 31-2 victory over the Houston Texans on Wednesday. “Michael Vick ...

The Baltimore Ravens notched a massively important victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 16, with quarterback Lamar Jackson and Co. winning 34-17. Not only did the win prevent the Steelers ...

Just days after Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson appeared in a "queer" Broadway spinoff of "Romeo and Juliet," critics are questioning whether her involvement could compromise her ...

A Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback, Pierre is a first cousin of star Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. “We spent a lot of time together,” Pierre said Wednesday of his youth in the Fort ...

Dawn Jackson is finally going home. After spending a quarter century in prison for killing her step-grandfather who sexually abused her for years, Jackson, 53, will be released Wednesday from the ...

Moments after Nixa football came back to defeat Lee's Summit North in a Class 6 state quarterfinal, Jackson Cantwell wore ... that Cantwell has been named the Springfield News-Leader's 2024 ...

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced on Monday, December 16, that he will commute the sentence of Dawn Jackson. Jackson is a 53-year-old woman who has been imprisoned for 25 years for the ...

A Springfield restaurateur who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud has been sentenced to two years in federal prison, according to court records. John Michael Felts ...

The unfounded rumor—spread by then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and then-vice president candidate J.D. Vance—that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pets and wildlife ...