Many people have stayed indoors amid the dangerously hot weather, but essential outdoor workers have no choice but to deal with the heat.

For many families, when their loved ones go to work, it isn't promised they will return home.

U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said he's "sticking his neck out" for an agreement with Republicans to end the government shutdown.

Springfield native Yolonda Rice partnered with the city to renovate the former King's Daughters Home, which will soon be apartments for travel…