Concerned about the suspicion of human trafficking and prostitution, the working committee of the Springfield City Council sent an ordinance Tuesday to the consent agenda requiring massage parlors to ...

2/4 UPDATE: The City of Springfield has released the full list of closed massage parlors. After inspections by city workers on Friday, several businesses were found to be operating without permits or ...

Days after announcing the closure of multiple massage parlors in Springfield, officials have revealed more information. The city announced Tuesday that a total of 11 parlors were closed down. The ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The City of Springfield has shut down several massage businesses. Many massage parlors were closed ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Several massage parlors in Springfield were shut down on Friday for failing to abide by the city’s massage establishment ordinance. The police department, public works ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - This week, Springfield City Council approved an ordinance requiring massage parlors to register with the city. City leaders cited concerns of human trafficking, including a ...

A Springfield resident has opened her own aesthetic and massage studio in downtown. “If they want to visit something different in Springfield as far as being truly in a spa environment, I think this ...

The full Springfield City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday requiring massage parlors to register with the city, but not before it was moved from the consent agenda to the debate ...

SPRINGFIELD — After a multiday trial, Judge Mark C. Gildea found Liu Yang, owner of two city massage parlors, guilty of only a misdemeanor: keeping a house of prostitution. Handing down his verdict ...

(The Center Square) – Licensed massage therapists in Illinois say local anti-trafficking ordinances unfairly burden legal, state-regulated businesses. MaryAnn Shelton, a licensed massage therapist in ...