Springfield, a Central Ohio town of 60,000, has gone from a Rust Belt city that suffered more than five decades of decline ...

Springfield saw population decline for decades before Haitian immigrants began moving to the city.

The Springfield-Greene County African-American Heritage Trail Committee is placing its 11th trail marker at Missouri State ...

Drury University is renovating the historical Benton Avenue A.M.E. church in Springfield. Also, how Springfield is associated with the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education ...

The United States Postal Service will release eight stamps in May representing each state along Route 66, with Missouri’s Munger Moss Motel in Lebanon chosen to represent the Show Me State.

A rare American flag that draped President Abraham Lincoln's casket during his 1865 funeral procession has found a new home ...

The nation continues mourning the death of civil rights activist and leader Reverend Jesse Jackson, who died at the age of 84.

THIS MOURNING: The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the fiery civil rights activist and two-time presidential candidate who transformed Chicago politics while reshaping the national Democratic Party, has died. He ...

Farm systems are huge. In addition to Rookie-level leagues at complexes in the Dominican Republic and the grounds where big ...

Warm up February in Illinois with a sweet road trip to donut shops serving fresh classics, creative flavors, and cozy winter ...

A dome feels inevitable for the Chicago Bears. If that’s the direction ownership is taking, the franchise has to make sure ...