IDOT grants secured for Peoria Road, Route 66 corridor plans

frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen> The COVID-19 pandemic may have delayed the Springfield Elks Club's annual blessing of the boats event.

On paper, Dean Graven would seem to be the ideal candidate to sit on a commission about city housing policy.

The Sangamon Valley Youth Symphony has become part of the Illinois Symphony Orchestra in an announcement by orchestra leadership.

SEATTLE - A 27-year-old man drove a car onto a closed freeway in Seattle early Saturday and barreled through a panicked crowd of protesters, critically injuring two women, officials said.

President Donald Trump announced during a speech in front of Mount Rushmore on Friday an executive order to establish a "National Garden of American Heroes" featuring statues of "historically significant Americans.

CHICAGO - Not all Americans are kicking back to watch fireworks to celebrate independence this holiday weekend.

WASHINGTON - As coronavirus cases spike, public health officials are pleading with Americans to avoid large crowds and hold more muted Independence Day celebrations, but subdued is not President Donald Trump's style, and he aimed to go big, promising a "special evening" in Washington that could bring tens of thousands to the National Mall.

Lanphier High School graduate Major Clay never stops. The Springfield native works, volunteers and trains almost each and every day.

INDIANAPOLIS - Chase Briscoe put on four new tires during a late pit-stop Saturday, then held off AJ Allmendinger and Austin Cindric over the final five laps to win the first Xfinity Series race on Indianapolis Motor Speedway's road course.