Discover Alton Mayor David Goins' journey from high school basketball star to pastor and politician as he seeks a second term.

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More than a dozen people were interested in becoming the Ward 1 alderman in Springfield, including 12 people being ...

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A downstate Champaign elected official’s use of an antisemitic symbol on his Facebook page has drawn condemnation.

Ever since Trump’s new “border czar” announced mass deportations would kick off in Chicago, a bubble of anxiety has been growing in the city of big shoulders.