Springfield’s Care to Learn charity reports an influx of need from families in Springfield Public Schools because of the ongoing government shutdown. Care to Learn offers a wide range of items to ...

Springfield Public Schools will close Nov. 3-4 for staff training since many buildings are used as polling places on Election Day.

Several Whiteside County candidates turned in their nomination papers Monday, Oct. 27, the first day they could file in the run up to the March 17, 2026, primary election. On that day, voters can pull ...

Most local action is centered on school board elections, with many districts seeing a high number of candidates amid current ...

There’s impressive, there’s dominant, and then there’s the season Zaida Colon is having. The Baystate Academy senior has ...

Since Clear Lake Elementary School transitioned to Clear Lake Community Center, several community partners have found new ...

Independents and candidates from other parties do not have primaries and won’t begin collecting signatures until Feb. 25, 2026.

For four years, Patrick Mueller has been running a Halloween-themed arcade out of his home at 2129 Countryside Circle in Naperville. What started as a birthday gift for his eldest daughter’s 7th ...

One of Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey's staff members was charged with trafficking cocaine and has been terminated from his ...

The Christopher Street Project, a hybrid PAC and nonprofit named for the street that’s home to the gay-rights landmark ...

LaMar Cook, the deputy director of Gov. Maura Healey’s western Massachusetts office and a former director of Hotel UMass, was arrested Tuesday on charges of cocaine trafficking after police seized 8 ...

Plus: The congressional remap push comes to Illinois, the Edgewater Beach Apartments building gets a much-needed paint job ...