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The City of Springfield is promoting a plan to bring a 95-room hotel to Washington Street. “It is exciting,” said Mayor Jim Langfelder. “They actually had to scale back the project. They wanted to do a bigger one.” Plans include 95 hotel rooms, an indoor swimming pool, 17 apartments, retail space, a rooftop bar and […]

How much is the Y block worth? Nothing, apparently. The downtown Springfield property next to the governor’s mansion for which the city paid $1.5 million in 2014 appeared on the city’s list of surplus properties up for sale that was distributed last month by the purchasing department in the city’s Office of Budget and Management. […]

Illinois State Police say they’re trying to determine whether an apparent crack in a system to catch felons before they obtain licenses to buy and possess guns was an isolated case or a bigger issue. State police in 2014 issued Gary Martin a Firearms Owner and Identification Card, which is required to purchase and own […]

Springfield Clinic is close to making a deal for expanded parking near its building on South Sixth Street. The clinic plans to purchase property where the Londrigan, Potter, Randle law office now sits at the intersection of South Seventh and Vine streets. If the deal goes through as expected, the clinic would own all but […]

The failure of Illinois State Police to catch a felony conviction of a man who obtained a Firearms Owner and Identification card, then allegedly killed five people in Aurora with a legally purchased gun, isn’t the first time a conviction has slipped past state police. Gary Martin, 45, is dead after getting in a shootout […]

The Illinois State’s Attorney Appellate Prosecutor’s office has cleared Lakeisha Purchase, a Springfield aldermanic candidate who was the subject of a complaint alleging that she had omitted information from a statement of economic interest. “The agency thoroughly reviewed it,” Pat Delfino, director of the state prosecutors office said. “From this review, there was a clear […]

Call it residency lite. Springfield firefighters have ratified a contract with the city that would require new hires to live within city limits for 15 years. After that, they could live wherever they choose. “No one should be disappointed, no one should be gleeful,” said Ward 7 Ald. Joe McMenamin. “Government is the art of […]

A glitch has emerged over development of a new downtown YMCA at the edge of Enos Park on Fourth and Carpenter streets. Joe Hurwitz, project developer, told the Springfield City Council on Thursday that St. John’s Hospital has refused to part with a parcel across the street from the proposed gym that had been planned […]

 A stovepipe hat that purportedly belonged to the Great Emancipator isn’t the only artifact at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum that needs further research to flesh out provenance, museum officials acknowledged Tuesday under questioning by state lawmakers. Eleven years after an appraiser raised questions about the authenticity of the hat and other items […]

John Childress, temporary head of the U.S. attorney’s office for the Central District of Illinois, is leaving. Sharon Paul, spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Springfield, confirmed Childress’ departure from the district. She said she did not know when Childress will leave his post. Childress could not be reached for comment, but Tim Horty, […]