Firefighters in Central Illinois never “duck” away from their duties — and crews in Champaign and Springfield demonstrated ...

The Springfield Fire and Police Departments will face off against each other in a charity slow pitch softball game.

Springfield Central High School held its Early Signing Day in the auditorium of the school on Wednesday, Dec. 4 for eight football student athletes.

A team of first responders from fire departments around Illinois, including Chicago, is heading to Texas to help with search and recovery efforts after the state was hit by catastrophic floods last ...

PITTSFIELD — It got hairy in the end. Taconic led by six after four innings, but Springfield Central rallied late and trimmed the Thunder lead to just two in the top of the seventh. First-year Taconic ...

But the Golden Eagles crawled all the way back, eventually winning the set and the match (26-24, 28-26, 25-19). The win moved Springfield Central up to 8-3 on the year, while Frontier sits at 2-6.

Wyatt D. Wheeler is a reporter and columnist with the Springfield News-Leader. You can contact him at 417-371-6987, by email at [email protected] or X at @WyattWheeler_NL .

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Springfield added a field goal to make it 17-3 at halftime. Springfield (12-1) hadn't scored less than 31 points in any game this season but never found the end zone against the North Central defense.