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Scooter’s Coffee is expanding, adding a second Springfield location – which is set for its soft opening this Friday (March 24) at 1740 Wabash Avenue – an outlot of the Chatham Square shopping center. Franchise owners and Pleasant Plains residents Marcus and Lauryn McGlasson told the Springfield...

Scooter’s Coffee To Open Second Shop In Springfield

If you’re looking for The Taco Joint, it will soon be relocating – just not too far from its current spot!. Hector Lopez tells the Springfield Business Journal that he’s currently in the process of renovating the former Rally’s, located at 710 Sound Grand Avenue East, with the vibrant colors of The Taco Joint. The Taco Joint has been sitting in the parking lot of 230 South Grand Avenue East since 2017 and offers picnic tables under the pergola for patrons who want to eat on-site.

Taco Joint To Relocate, Burger Joint To Take Over Spot

All Springfield residents, business owners or operators, property owners or developers, as well as other community stakeholders, are encouraged to participate in shaping the Downtown Springfield & Mid-Illinois Medical District master plan that continues to develop!. Those individuals will have a chance to express their issues, ideas, innovations and reservations...

The Downtown Springfield & Mid-Illinois Medical District Master Plan needs your input!

A screening is planned in Springfield next month for a new documentary on the life of one of the Capital City’s best-known poets and authors. “The Life and Work of Vachel Lindsay” was put together by the Storyteller Studios, the same local production house that put together the documentary on the Old State Capitol restoration that premiered earlier this year.

“The Life and Work of Vachel Lindsay” to premier in Springfield on April 14

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The board of Springfield’s Lutheran High School has made the decision to tear down the school building on West Washington Street and “decommission” the campus. The decision comes after a determination that the building has been damaged beyond repair by mine subsidence on the west side of Springfield.

Springfield’s Lutheran High School to decommission West Washington Street campus – tear down school building

The Springfield City Council has approved zoning modifications that will allow for the installation of two new electronic digital billboards on the city’s west side. The request from the Lamar sign company was approved after some changes to ensure that the billboard images will not change faster than every eight to ten seconds and will not include scrolling, flashing, or animated graphics.

Springfield City Council approves zoning ordinance concerning billboards on the west side of city

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Hundreds of pro-life demonstrators have rallied in Springfield in the first big right-to-life march locally since the Roe v. Wade decision was overturned last year. Springfield Catholic Bishop Thomas John Paprocki was one of the featured speakers at Tuesday’s State Capitol event, which was part celebration over the decision overturning a constitutional right to abortion, and part protest against continued efforts to preserve and expand abortion access in Illinois.

Pro-life demonstrators gather in Springfield for march

Motor vehicle theft is a growing problem in the United States. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, or NICB, an anti-crime and insurance fraud nonprofit organization, 932,329 vehicles were reported stolen to law enforcement in 2021 – up 6% from the previous year and up 17% from 2019.

This Is the City With the Most Car Theft in Illinois

Springfield is on its way to building three new firehouses. Aldermen on Tuesday approved an ordinance to spend more than $20 million on the three new stations – at 11th and Ash, Lawrence Avenue and Rickard Road, and on Spaulding Orchard Road. At Tuesday’s meeting, aldermen also approved a...

Springfield City Council approves spending measures for new fire stations and downtown trash and recycling receptacles

The Democratic Party of Illinois is launching an effort to sway the outcome in school board and library board races across the state, targeting what the party calls “extremist” candidates in those local races. And a Springfield school board candidate is among those labeled by the party as...

The Democratic Party of Illinois launches school and library board election effort across the state

A small side street on Springfield’s west side is now closed until September for bridge replacement. Crews shut down Churchill Road, just off of West Jefferson, on Tuesday for tree removal. Once that’s done, workers will move right into the bridge replacement work. That will keep the road...

Churchill Road in Springfield to be closed until September for bridge replacement

A standoff with local police has ended peacefully. Sheriff Jack Campbell says deputies were called to a home in Spaulding around 8:45 Tuesday morning for a report of a man in distress. After attempting to make contact with him, police determined that the man was no longer inside the residence....

Standoff involving allegedly distressed man in vehicle ends peacefully in Springfield

Two people have been charged in connection with a shooting in Springfield that left one man injured. The victim was shot twice in that early morning incident on March 15 in the 11-hundred block of Fayette Avenue. His injuries were not life-threatening. After investigation, police have arrested 31-year-old Jared Staake...

Two arrested in connection with Springfield shooting that left one injured

Alaska State

You asked for it, now you’re getting it. A wolverine will once again become part of the animal lineup at Henson Robinson Zoo. Zoo officials say wolverines are rare in a zoo setting, and Henson Robinson Zoo is one of only a handful to have one on display, years ago.

Henson Robinson Zoo to welcome wolverine into the fold

Two people are in custody after Springfield police found drugs and a gun while executing a search warrant on the city’s east side. Officers from the Pro-Active Crime Unit, the Street Crimes Unit, and the Emergency Response Team entered the home on East Phillips around 4:30 Friday morning. They...

Springfield police arrest two people on drug and gun charges while executing arrest warrant

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Raising Cane’s Set To Open March 7; Hiring Process Underway

A little less than a year after announcing that Springfield would be getting a location, Raising Cane’s – a fast-food establishment that specializes in chicken fingers...

Raising Cane’s Set To Open March 7; Hiring Process Underway

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