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As Grant Middle School faculty continue to voice concerns about rising threats and violence – and a seeming lack of consequences – about two dozen teachers took the day off Friday.

How long can Illinois’ aging prisons last? State corrections officials don’t want to find out, while the union and Downstate lawmakers don’t want the prisons closed for even one day.

U study involved Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

Public health, police funding, domestic violence programs are priorities

A billboard along Interstate 55 in Springfield is part of a campaign to recruit police officers to Nashville.

“A mother’s love is like a tree, providing shade, shelter, and sustenance to her children.”

This special assistance program helps qualifying low-income homeowners reduce their energy costs through installation of new energy-saving retrofits in their homes.

The good news is cicadas aren’t interested in dining on farm fields. Periodical cicadas belong to the order, Hemiptera, which includes some irritating agricultural pests such as stink bugs and aphids.

The Levitt AMP Springfield Music Series is back for a fifth season on Thursday nights starting May 30 and running through August 1.

The Great Lakes Valley Conference announced its men’s golf all-conference team on Thursday, expanding upon the list of golfers who finished in the top-5 at the GLVC Championships in April. Prairie Stars golfer Alex Seibal earned the second All-GLVC honors of his career.