The Rev. T. Ray McJunkins noted that several years ago it was a small group of people in Springfield championing the site of the 1908 Race Riot to become a national monument. After Monday's listening ...
For more than half a century, Springfield’s rail yards were a crossroads for hoboes — transient workers who traveled on freight trains in search of work, adventure, or simply a ...
The U.S. Department of Transportation has fully obligated just over $157 million in federal funding for the final segment of the Springfield Rail Improvements Project (SRIP), allowing construction to ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - President Joe Biden announced his plans to formally designate the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot as a national monument using his authority through the Antiquities ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) today announced $157,126,494 in federal ...
On Oct. 9, a great celebration was held at HSHS St. John’s Children’s Hospital in Springfield for the 1908 race riot site’s federal designation as a national monument, which establishes it as a unit ...
Congressman Richard Neal speaking at a news conference Monday, April 22, surrounded by state and local officials as he and others highlighted ongoing projects that make up the state's effort to expand ...