The Lincoln Library has been awarded $1 million for renovations. City council will vote on whether to accept the grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Money would update the ...

The Springfield-Greene County Library has received a $5,000 grant to expand its Book Club Kits program. The grant comes from the Greene County Senior Services Fund Board and supports the library’s ...

A new independent bookstore, Elderberry & Plumb, has opened in Springfield, Illinois. The store sells new books directly from ...

Events going on in and around Jacksonville during the week ahead.

The city of Springfield is taking a two-pronged approach to studying redevelopment of a section of the Route 66/College ...

A unique collaboration between two local organizations has resulted in representatives of both being invited to present on a ...

Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association, explores how Americans responded to Nazism, war and genocide ...

Springfield is poised to close its public library, which includes its history museum, on Mondays. Springfield's budget committee approved a 2026-27 budget that closes the city's budget gap with cuts ...

This story was updated for clarity. Springfield libraries will close on Mondays and city residents will soon be charged more for ambulance use as city leaders grapple with eliminating $2 million in ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, easily defeating four-term Sen. John Cornyn. A couple's home exploded in what authorities believe was a murder-suicide ...

SPRINGFIELD — The final funding hurdle for the new East Springfield Branch Library was cleared on April 13, when the City Council approved a $4.58 million bond for a portion of the $12.42 million ...