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Town and Country Shopping Center sells to Miami developer

Company plans indoor storage, improvements to façade and parking lot

By Dean Olsen

An investment firm in Miami that promotes itself as focusing on “distressed residential and commercial projects” was the winning bidder to acquire Springfield’s Town & Country Shopping Center. Larkspur Properties is scheduled to close on... Read More

Summerguide 2022

By Michelle Ownbey

May 26, 2022

The annual fairs, festivals and events that are a staple of summer have returned this year, and performers will once again take the stage at the Springfield Muni and Theatre in the Park after a two-year hiatus. Springfield’s baseball team has a new name and new owners who plan to offer the community a lot more than baseball...

Summerguide 2022

News & Opinion

$48 million in new construction for Springfield Clinic

New pediatric center, lab and main campus addition in the works

By Dean Olsen
May 26, 2022
Illinois hotels get $75 million in federal assistance

Industry still struggling to recover

By Dean Olsen
May 26, 2022
Black Lives Matter Springfield awards scholarships

Annual solidarity car procession through downtown is May 29

By Karen Ackerman Witter
May 26, 2022
Illinois' population has grown, not declined

US Census Bureau admits population count was inaccurate

By Rich Miller
May 26, 2022
Springfield runner wins 100-mile race

By Karen Ackerman Witter
May 26, 2022
Remembering the butterflies

By Scott Reeder
May 26, 2022

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Food & Drink

Cheese on the grill

For grilled cheese with a difference, try halloumi

By Peter Glatz
May 26, 2022
Grilling on a budget

By Ashley Meyer
May 19, 2022

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Music

Memorial Day weekend music

By Tom Irwin
May 26, 2022
Mid-May music mayhem

By Tom Irwin
May 19, 2022

Arts & Culture

Jay poem #1

By Jacqueline Jackson
May 26, 2022
These honored dead

A Memorial Day tribute to the unknown soldiers of the Civil War

By Mark Flotow
May 26, 2022
The migration of Black Americans

By Stacie Lewis
May 26, 2022
Maverick barely passes muster, Men is a shallow take, Taste of Whale questions tradition

By Chuck Koplinski
May 26, 2022
Boring Poem #2

By Jacqueline Jackson
May 19, 2022

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Best of Springfield®

Best of Springfield® Reader's Poll 2021

By IT Staff
Oct 28, 2021

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