On June 5, the Springfield City Council voted to adopt a new municipal camping ordinance, specifying sections of the city where camping will be prohibited. The new ordinance will overhaul the existing ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The City of Springfield demolished a group of tents that homeless people slept in for weeks at the intersection of 5th and North Grand Avenue Wednesday morning. The City ...

The ordinance that would give the city of Springfield authority to address homeless encampments has been withdrawn from committee consideration. The withdrawal comes from Springfield Mayor Misty ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Tonight, the Springfield City Council will discuss an agenda item that would ban public camping. The agenda item, labelled 2024-376 reads, " that the City Council hereby ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Springfield Mayor Misty Buscher and Alderwoman Lakeisha Purchase are requesting that an ordinance banning public camping be withdrawn from committee consideration. Buscher ...

Years ago, when someone said they were going camping, it meant heading out to the forest, pitching a tent to sleep in, and starting a campfire to keep you warm or cook something. Today, things are ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The city of Springfield may criminalize “public camping” with an ordinance to be discussed at a City Council meeting later this week. The council is set to vote on an ...