Visit Springfield is currently accepting applications for 2026 Local Tourism Grants. Grants will be accepted until 3pm on April 13, 2026. A total of $35,000 has been allotted. Grant funds will be ...
Michele Skalicky talks with Mark Hecquet, president of Visit Springfield, about what the 3% hotel/motel license tax that will be on the ballot in Springfield on April 7 will be used for if it passes.
If walls could talk, the ones at Cozy Dog Drive In in Springfield, Illinois, would have some incredible stories about seven decades of hungry travelers and the corn dogs that made them happy. This ...
The 2026 St. Patrick’s Day Marching Band Parade starts at noon on Saturday, March 14. The grand marshal for this year’s parade is two people: Court and Karen Conn. This year's theme is "A BRIDGE ...
There’s a white building in Springfield, Illinois, where the corn dogs are legendary and the nostalgia is free with every order. The Cozy Dog Drive In has been feeding hungry travelers and locals ...
One downtown business is voicing its frustrations with newly added pay-to-park signs in the parking lot behind its business.
Forget Destin beaches and Vail ski slopes. AirDNA's latest analysis reveals small and mid-sized cities across America offer investors the strongest returns, CNBC reports (1). Port Arthur, Texas, ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- As Illinois awaits federal court decisions about federal funding and braces for more federal cuts and rising costs, Gov. JB Pritzker is proposing limited new spending. The budget ...
At the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, visitors can shop for sweatshirts, pillows, jewelry and chocolates using coins bearing the face of perhaps the most-famous ...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (WGN) — The competition for a new Bears stadium has reached a boiling point, with cities in Northwest Indiana and even as far as Iowa trying to lure the team away from Illinois ...
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois – The Illinois National Guard paid tribute to its most notable militiaman and 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, during a ceremony at his tomb in Oak Ridge ...