The addition will be the 18th sport for the Division II campus.

It's the second act announced for the 2026 fair. Lainey Wilson will also perform.

The rink in Union Square Park uses an artificial surface to give an experience similar to ice skating but at temperatures above freezing. Visitors can use their own skates or borrow them at the ALPLM’s historic Union Station.

Affordable housing advocates say this type of issue could become more common with proposed HUD cuts

Among this year’s class are University of Chicago student Tori Harris and Duke University student William Lieber, of Springfield.

The skull was found in September,.

League organizers say they chose Springfield because of its location and the city was also the site of the first game where women were paid to play baseball in 1875.

Todd Snider died November 14, 2025. The following is an archival interview previewing his performance at a NPR Illinois Bedrock 66 Live show January 13, 2012.—Todd Snider says what’s on his mind. His music is steeped in his beliefs about war and politics, religion and any other subject often viewed as taboo for most artists. Snider’s latest cd “The Storyteller” allows him to further explain his songs and whatever else is on his mind.

This year’s Give With Joy Red Kettle campaign highlights not only The Salvation Army’s 139 years of service in Springfield, but the generations of neighbors whose lives have been touched by that compassion and who now give so others can stand strong.