Star City's plan for no-holds-barred luxury

STAR City Casino wants to buy a $100 million fleet of jets and build its own wharf for yachts.

Sleek, modern and nestled in the mountains

Rustic can be overrated. The Grande Rockies Resort offers a contemporary alternative for outdoor enthusiasts, family vacationers and business travellers seeking an upscale mountain getaway.

Hard times in the playground

Caught in a turning market, West Coast resort builders are slashing prices

Shopping for home furnishings? Here's a designer secret

A designer oasis known as Cady's Alley is worth a shopping trip to Washington Shopping for furniture can be a drag. On the other hand, who doesn't love taking delivery of that perfect new sectional, armoire, hall mirror or table? But the road from shopping to buying can be a long one, and driving back and forth between the big-box stores and boutiques can tie up an entire weekend or longer. And ...

Street stock cars come around turn two at Shepp's Speedway, an oval dirt track just west of the Morgan County line ...

Steve Theivagt thinks he might have been 17 years old when he gave 50 bucks to a farmer for a 1958 Ford that didn’t run. It was 1972, and Theivagt’s father, who went by Junior then, was running coupes on the weekends at Springfield Speedway at the corner of Dirksen Parkway and Clear Lake Avenue.