The Springfield Public School District has released an updated academic calendar for the 2026-27 school year, sparking mixed ...

SPRINGFIELD — Every spring, flowers bloom, birds nest and people start dumping couches, tires, appliances and mountains and ...

(This story was updated to include full results and a statement from Friends of SGF PAC.) Armed with additional information about the city's plans for a $175 million convention center, voters once ...

The city of Springfield will receive $1.35 million in federal funding for two major projects, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin announced. The money, secured through congressional earmarks, includes $900,000 to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - A heated council meeting in Springfield Tuesday night, full of arguments and Mayor Misty Buscher calling for adjournment. WAND News partner WTAX said the meeting ended in ...

A bill pending in the Illinois Senate would create a unit of local government that would build a hotel in Springfield and expand the Bank of Springfield Center. Legislation from State Sen. Doris ...

International Motors will sell its Springfield Assembly Plant in Ohio to Canadian manufacturer Roshel, ending CV Series production, the company said. The sale follows General Motors axing Chevrolet ...

SPRINGFIELD — A shouting match broke out at the City Council meeting Tuesday night during a discussion over abandoning a piece of city land in the Forest Park neighborhood so a mosque could be built.

John Browning’s masterpiece 1911 remains a popular self-defense and concealed-carry handgun that sometimes overshadows his other masterpiece handgun, the High Power. Just as the slide and barrel of ...

The urbanization around the Franconia-Springfield Metro Station is taking a step forward with the hotel-apartment construction progress on the southern end of the Springfield Town Center parking lot.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - A 58-year-old man who was killed in a motorcycle versus car accident on Monday in Springfield has been identified. The Sangamon County Coroner said the crash happened on ...

Springfield voters will decide on a 3% lodging tax increase to fund a new convention center. The proposed tax would last for 35 years and is a revised version of a measure voters rejected in November.