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Moving Pillsbury Forward has partnered with Preservation Inc. to host a three-part brown bag series at the Historic Ursuline Academy. The series will explore the full history of the Springfield Pillsbury Plant from the announcement to build in 1929 to the ongoing demolition this month where the last elements of the 26-building complex are anticipated to come down.

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Directed by Leigh Steiner, Come From Away is a stunning and relentless, 100-minute spectacle that gives audiences no intermission — and no emotional reprieve. The production recounts the true story of the thousands of stranded airline passengers diverted to Gander, Newfoundland on 9/11— delivering a portrait of heroic hospitality that will leave even the most harden...


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Mayor Misty Buscher will host a special Veterans Day Reception on Monday, Nov. 9, honoring the men and women who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

The reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. at VFW Post 755, 2211 Old Jacksonville Road. The event is hosted by Buscher in partnership with the Veterans’ Advisory Council. The evening will feature remarks from Buscher a...


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Slot machines light up the front window of a bar in Golconda.

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Problem gamblers seeking to avoid the temptation to gamble can ban themselves from most of the state’s gambling offerings, from casinos to online sportsbooks to the Lottery.


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The University of Illinois Springfield Theatre Program will present six performances of Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire, winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

The show will run for two weekends: Friday, Nov. 6, through Sunday, Nov. 8, and Thursday, Nov. 12, through Saturday, Nov. 14, in the Studio Theatre on the lower level of the Performing Art...


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