Adrian Dater

He lives in an 18-square-foot home on a corner lot at 17th and Carpenter streets. He built the “pod” himself, he says, from watching how-to videos on YouTube, and it features solar panels, battery-powered generators, a foundation of heavyweight tires, air conditioning, insulation, a six-foot bed, a microwave and an internet connection from a cheap […]

With opening day about three weeks away at Robin Roberts Stadium, the inaugural Women’s Professional Baseball League named the four teams that will compete this summer in Springfield. The New York Heights, San Francisco Firebells, Los Angeles Queens, and Boston Hunters will compete against each other from Aug. 1 through September, in what the league […]

Spend any time around Orlando Johnson, and whatever preconceived notions of sympathy one might have had before encountering him will quickly go out the window Johnson, 23, has got it going on. He’s got a handsome face, a cool hairstyle, and a lean, muscular, tall frame. He has traveled the country for free to play […]

When their announcement went live on their social media platforms the morning of July 9, it would have been understandable if diehard fans of the Springfield Lucky Horseshoes went into panic mode. “As the 2026 season winds down, we wanted to personally share that at the conclusionof the season, we will be stepping away from […]

The fight between the city of Springfield and Chase Hadez, aka Colton Lexus, is going to the next round. The city filed a petition July 9 with the Sangamon County Seventh Judicial Circuit Court for a preliminary injunction that would require Lexus to immediately cease and desist living in tiny home structures on his property […]

Chicago Bulls fans who want to see authentic Michael Jordan memorabilia in a hall of fame can do that, provided they make the journey to the NBA Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. Soon, if all goes as planned, Springfield, Illinois, will also be home to Jordan artifacts, not to mention any other famous players […]

Colton Lexus stayed Wednesday night at the Carpenter Hotel, with funds he said were provided by his grandmother. Where is Lexus staying Thursday night and beyond? “I don’t know right now. I’m hoping there is a shelter I can get into for the time being,” Lexus said. Lexus can no longer sleep in either of […]

For the last 34 years, women’s baseball has been known primarily for one thing: A movie. The 1992 hit film, A League of Their Own, paid homage to the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which played from 1943-54 and briefly had a team in Springfield, the Sallies. There was no baseball boom for women after […]

For the last 34 years, women’s baseball has been known primarily for one thing: A movie. The 1992 hit film, A League of Their Own, paid homage to the All-A

Keith Foulke, a hero to Boston Red Sox fans, speaks after the WPBL fired him as Boston Hunters manager.