Sarah Hough is one of four candidates vying for two seats on the Springfield school board. The two with the most votes will ...

Gail Smart is one of four candidates vying for two seats on the Springfield school board. The two with the most votes will be ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

Open enrollment in public schools means letting go of familiar controls but fosters healthy competition and innovation, this ...

Although reductions in Missouri teens' smoking, alcohol and marijuana use are a bright spot, health advocates say prevention ...

Here's a look at how weekly regional gas prices changed in the Midwest last week compared with the week prior.

Some voters appear to have forgotten Trump's first term in office, Robert Haslag writes, predicting painful reminders to come.

Think of all the daily offices where monks hear liturgies and pray for people they’ve never met, perhaps lumping people into categories — car mechanics, out-of-work gardeners, law students who flunked ...

This week's column focuses on seed starting, advice for pruning blackberry plants and how to support the local ecosystem with ...