Home rule authority gives Chicago broad power to govern itself. Mayor Brandon Johnson may ask the Illinois General Assembly ...

Rental and catering revenue at the MassMutual Convention Center increased by 17.7% year-over-year, the third straight year of ...

Bars in Springfield are prohibited from hosting certain types of events. One of them is "dwarf-tossing." Here's the backstory ...

Over 200 softball-playing men — ranging in age from 60 years old to 75-plus — are slated to take the field in Springfield’s ...

Two 14-year-old boys were injured, including one critically, after their electric scooter crashed into a pickup truck in ...

WEST SPRINGFIELD ― Railroad company CSX has agreed to fund major safety upgrades at the Memorial Avenue rail crossing in West ...

Rick Springfield, known for his hit "Jessie's Girl," says that the world doesn’t need any more kids, and Bill Maher agrees ...

The FBI has a new way for residents to see crime rates in their community. But local police departments are warning the ...

The officers learned that an occupied vehicle was struck by gunfire during the incident, and that 29-year-old Michael Murdock ...

Springfield city councilor Victoria M. Doyle has announced her resignation from the council, where she has served Ward 5 ...

"Jessie's Girl" singer Rick Springfield joined Bill Maher's podcast to debate population growth, and dismissed calls for more babies as U.S. birth rates hit historic lows.

The Register-Guard has put a spotlight on some of the best pass-catchers in the Eugene-Springfield area based on feedback ...