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Three smoke stacks from Springfield's City Water, Light and Power sit on the lake.

Deadlines Set For Partial Springfield Coal Plant Closure, Plan For Workers Next

Springfield’s City Water, Light and Power will retire its two oldest coal units by the end of the year and a third by October, 2023. Nine months after a...

Scott Black Won't Seek 3rd Term On Bloomington Council

Scott Black has announced he won’t be seeking a third term on the Bloomington City Council next year.Black, 32, said he plans to continue volunteering…

Children fly kites at Parliament Hill viewpoint on Saturday in London to mark one year since the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban.

Kite fliers gathered in multiple cities in a show of solidarity with Afghanistan

The "Fly With Me" kite festival was created as a show of solidarity with the people of Afghanistan to mark one year since the country fell to the Taliban.

The Oklahoma City Zoo welcomed four lion cubs on Sept. 26, its first litter of African lion cubs in 15 years.

Oklahoma City Zoo welcomed its first lion cubs in 15 years. You can help name them

Dunia, a 7-year-old African lion, gave birth to three females and one male in September. Fans can vote for one of three groups of names on the zoo's website until Monday at midnight.

Design of a downtown block entitled North Main Plaza with on-street parking and historic storefronts

Bloomington receives $2 million state grant for streetscape work

Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday the roll out of state-funded grant awards totaling $30 million for 25 grantees through the Rebuild Illinois Downtowns and Main Streets and Research in Illinois to Spur Economic Recovery programs.

Suzane Nazir uses a Princeton Review SAT preparation book to study for the test on March 6, 2014, in Pembroke Pines, Fla.

Surprisingly Few Urban High School Students Take The ACT Or SAT

In 30 out of 50 cities studied in a wide-ranging new report, the rate is less than 15 percent. But the majority of four-year institutions in the U.S. still require students to take one or the other.

Alleged Taliban militants patrol on an Afghan police vehicle in Kunduz, Afghanistan. The Taliban is believed to have taken control of Kunduz, their first capture of a major urban area since the U.S. invasion of 2001.

Taliban Fighters Overrun Afghan Security Forces, Reported In Control Of Kunduz

The fall of the northern Afghan city would represent a major setback for U.S.-trained government forces.

Afghan volunteers carry an injured woman on a stretcher to a hospital in Ghazni province on Sunday. The Taliban assault on the city of Ghazni has resulted in intense gun battles and hundreds of casualties.

Surprise Taliban Attack Leads To Days Of Fighting, Hundreds Of Deaths

Afghanistan's military was launching a counteroffensive aimed at flushing militants out of the strategically vital city of Ghazni, which was attacked on Friday.

Hong Kong's new chief executive Carrie Lam waves after she won the Hong Kong chief executive election in Hong Kong on March 26, 2017. Hong Kong's new leader Carrie Lam pledged on March 26 to mend political rifts after winning a vote dismissed as a sham by democracy activists who fear the loss of the city's cherished freedoms.

Carrie Lam, Beijing's Favored Candidate, Elected To Lead Hong Kong

Carrie Lam vowed to "heal the divide" in Hong Kong society. Protesters have demanded more autonomy, after Beijing has increasingly interfered in Hong Kong's affairs.

City workers drape a tarp over the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Va., on Wednesday. The city council voted to cover the statues to symbolize the city's mourning of Heather Heyer, who was killed while protesting a white nationalist rally earlier this month.

Charlottesville Shrouds Its Robert E. Lee And Stonewall Jackson Statues

The black tarps are a gesture of the city's mourning for Heather Heyer, who was struck and killed by a driver while she was protesting against a white supremacist rally on Aug. 12.

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