Oracle has released version 26 of the Java programming language and virtual machine. As the first non-LTS release since JDK ...

Submitted photo Donald Marsco, the most senior active member of the Springfield Optimist Club, presents a $500 check to the Springfield High School drone program. At right is drone instructor Stacy ...

Late last year, there was a fair amount of chatter from congressional Republicans about doing a second gigantic budget-reconciliation bill like the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that passed last summer.

When Linda Perry recorded her version of “Beautiful,” the 2002 hit she wrote and gave to Christina Aguilera, she thought she was just revisiting an old song. As she dug into the grooves of that ode to ...

Roots to Boots participants work alongside volunteers with the Being Project to build an outdoor classroom at Rees E Price Academy. A workforce development program preparing young people for ...

Applications are now being accepted for this year’s Beautiful Blocks home improvement program in the cities of Carbondale, Scranton and Pittston. Beautiful Blocks is jointly sponsored by NeighborWorks ...

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The University of Illinois Springfield is offering free tax preparation services for the first time. The program is part of the Internal Revenue Service’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, ...

Alabama legislators are asking questions and learning more about how President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” will affect the state budget, and some of the answers are troubling. The law cut federal ...

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U.S. News & World Report has released its newest ranking of the best online education programs, and multiple Midwest schools were named among the top. According to the list of 2026 Best Online ...