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The Springfield resident made the remarks during a conference call in October.
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Forum on Trauma, students and schools.
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Springfield Mayor Jim Langfelder and Teresa Haley, president of the Springfield and Illinois chapters of the NAACP, voiced support for Ward 2 Ald. Shawn…
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Politicians spearheading the effort to legalize recreational marijuana say revenue isn't the driving force. It's about promoting criminal and social…
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The site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot could soon become a National Historic Monument.In 2014, archaeologists uncovered five houses that were burned…
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It's been 110 years since the 1908 Race Riot erupted in Springfield. The violence and its aftermath inspired the founding of the NAACP, the prominent…
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The nation's oldest civil rights organization, the NAACP, and Illinois police officials announced Thursday an agreed upon resolution they say took years…
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Who has been hurt the most by shifts in the Illinois economy?Chad Broughton, then a sociologist at Knox College, watched closely when Galesburg’s major…
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Black Lives Matter is one of the largest activist movements since the civil rights era of the 1960s. The organization has garnered more attention in…
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It's been about a week since the decision was made not to indict police officer Darren Wilson after the shooting death of Michael Brown. Reactions to that…