There was no shortage of star power throughout the 2024 athletics season in the Springfield area. Here were the best athletes ...

Years before that, though, his former coach knew he had his heart set on Ohio State ... at Springfield High School, you can find photos of students that made their mark in a Wildcat uniform.

The Springfield Senators trailed for most of the first 29 minutes of Saturday’s Central State Eight boys basketball ... whose game-high 23 points included a rousing dunk off the fast break.

For the second time in two weeks, a girls basketball player from a Springfield city school won The State Journal ... and compiled a game-high 19 points in a 50-46 South Central Conference win ...

573.4 Springfield Central State High School: 568.8 St Peter Claver College: 566.0 St Mary’s College: 555.2 ...

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NORMAL — Settling into her new role as CEO of Girl Scouts Central Illinois, Jennifer Sedbrook is preparing ... even campaigning for the Equal Rights Amendment when she was in high school. Over the ...

Gov. Jodi Rell, Joe Lieberman, Thiman Milner, Fatman Scoop and Tony Todd were among the notable deaths of those with ...

Here's a look at some of the biggest stories to make headlines in 2024, including Mayor Brandon Johnson's clashes with the City Council to the end of the more than five-year-long Jussie Smollett saga.

Missouri State football is in its most transformative offseason in program history as it prepares for life in the FBS and Conference USA to begin the 2025 season. In their third year under Ryan ...