Southern dishes are a vital part of American cuisine, from hush puppies to ham hocks and beignets to barbecue. It's ...

The 90 Meat Outlet in the North End of Springfield is donating around 15-hundred turkeys to neighbors in the North End ...

The vacancy at the former Tuscany Italian Restaurant will be filled by a new business. Meanwhile, a downtown Springfield wine ...

Here is a look at events happening in the area this weekend: A Holiday Open House will be held starting at 11 a.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, in downtown Urbana. This is the first of downtown Urbana ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The late Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio’s first and only female House speaker and a force in state and national Republican politics, is set to lie in state Thursday at the Ohio ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The governor and other present and past elected officials paid their respects to the late Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio’s first and only female House speaker and a force in state and ...

Submitted by the Bipartisan Ohio Mayors Alliance Board of Directors ... we can look to community leaders in Springfield as an example for what it means to meet this moment. Several weeks ago ...

The community became their home. But lately, their new home has seemingly overnight become the next Springfield, Ohio ― in the national spotlight over the highly politicized issue of immigration ...

We're here to work, learn and do everything right." Around them, their new home had seemingly overnight become the next Springfield, Ohio ― in the national spotlight over the highly politicized ...

With a population of about 58,000, Springfield isn’t exactly a small town. Indeed, it used to be considerably larger, with a population that peaked in 1960 at about 83,000. Its downtown seems ...