Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns to the contemporary world with a fierce, compassionate, and often darkly humorous study of family and the thorny ties that bind us. Reunited with Leigh for the ...

Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk ...

Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting ...

I started last week's column with a nod to the chilly weather, but this week it's downright frigid, to put it nicely. The good ...

How many pounds of clothing does the average American throw out annually? According to Material Circular Economy, a ...

Leading a sedentary lifestyle does not promote health. Though definitions vary, sitting for four or more hours a day is ...

After this month's verbal kerfuffle over filling the city clerk position, Springfield City Council members may revamp how ...

Vision 2030, a plan for the future of Illinois public education, aims to improve student safety, enhance post-high school ...

The previous chief deputy recorder, Michelle Landess, under former recorder Josh Langfelder, a Democrat, was paid $69,413 per ...

"A person loses approximately 10% of their muscle mass every 10 years starting at age 21, but if they maintain the muscle ...

According to history.com, about 4,000 years ago the Babylonians made promises to pagan gods in mid-spring when crops were planted, pledging to pay debts and return borrowed objects. The gods were ...

Steps outlined in a "memorandum of agreement" between the DOJ and the county's sheriff's department, 911 dispatch system and ...