5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (238+ words) The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce is looking for area professionals to join its new Career Connections program to work with high school students exploring their future opportunities. Career Connections is a database hosted on the Chamber’s website where area…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (258+ words) If you know anything about the Illinois Times, you know it’s been around for a long time. Fifty-one years in September. A half-century of providing in-depth coverage on topics that needed to be reported on. Holding people accountable isn’t always…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (36+ words) Photo of the day Illinois Times - This Week in IT Top news stories and highlights from Illinois Times. - Events and Happenings Your weekly guide to what’s going on. - Parent Family news, tips, and things to do....

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (88+ words) Timothy Schinsky Illinois Times Kenedie Kearlough and Brandi Moore were already first in line outside the Illinois State Fair Grandstand at 11 a.m. — nine hours before Ella Langley’s scheduled 8 p.m. concert. Despite the long wait ahead, the two fans, from Tazewell…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (964+ words) Illinois school districts can now help pay for extended motel stays for homeless students and their families under a new state law that supporters say could provide stability for children in crisis – but state Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, warns it…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (220+ words) CONVENTIONS | Comic book collectors gather this Sunday This long-running convention will return to Springfield on Sunday. A huge variety of new and old comic books will be for sale at the show as well as toys and related collectibles. Do…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (673+ words) The nation’s largest newspaper chain turned heads Aug. 6 – in what would otherwise be a traditional, jargon-filled earnings call that garners few headlines – when USA Today executives announced its papers would be using Palantir to “collect, connect and activate audience data…...