Steven Spearie

University of Illinois Springfield students are back in class, and you never know who will go on to accomplish big time things once they graduate.

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A former Springfield Police sergeant was cited in a crash with a motorcycle that seriously injured two people by Lake Springfield. Here's what we know.

From carving pumpkins to walking in Lincoln's footsteps, fall festivals and outings in the Springfield area are on tap.

At the time, Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon called it "one of the most horrific scenes" he had ever witnessed in his career.

A record 97,772 students enrolled across the University of Illinois System for the fall semester. UIS sees first dip in three years.

Escaping the rocket attacks and gunfire from Hamas forces at the end of the Supernova open-air music festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7, Amit Ganish, a 24-year-old law student, found herself hiding out in a bush in an orchard with her best friend.

'One bullet went near my neck and another under my legs,' recalled Hamas attack survivor Amit Ganish. Ganish shared her story Sunday in Springfield.

Several people expressed concern about the proposed makeup and representation of the 12-member Massey Commission as it held its first public listening session at Union Baptist Church Monday.

A state's witness called one of the victims 'caring and big-hearted.'