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Cubs sweep Padres, open 2 1/2-game lead at break
SAN DIEGO - Jon Lester and the Chicago Cubs are on top of the National League at the All-Star break.Lester won for the e…
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Havana fire chief to compete in Transplant Games
Havana Fire Chief John Kachanuk once enjoyed many forms of intense physical activity, and was lifting weights 14 years a…
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Durbin not confident Illinois election systems are secure
In wake of the indictment of 12 Russian agents for allegedly hacking into state election voting systems during the 2016 …
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Footage shows man killed by Chicago police ran away, reached for waist
CHICAGO - A man killed by Chicago police had a gun in a holster at his hip and was shot multiple times as he ran away, s…
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Cardinals win in Shildt's managerial debut
ST. LOUIS - Mike Shildt wasn't sure what to expect in his first day as interim manager of the St. Louis Cardinals.He cer…
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Two crashes south of Chatham reduce I-55 to one lane
A couple of crashes reduced northbound Interstate 55, south of Chatham, to one lane of traffic Sunday evening.The two se…
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Dispute boils over into public battle in Sherman
A dispute between a Sherman business owner and the town's mayor has boiled over into a public battle that the mayor says…
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New Illinois program to offer retirement savings plan
A new state program will automatically deduct money from the paychecks of about 1.2 million Illinois residents for retir…
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Loami's Wheeler to swim at the University of Kentucky
Kaitlynn Wheeler is a very talented swimmer and that presented Springfield YMCA swim coach Rob Busby with an interesting…
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Block party spreads non-violence message
Saturday afternoon's stifling heat index of more than 100 degrees didn't keep Zenobia Rhone from the annual block party …
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Heart-failure programs at hospitals take steps to address growing health problem
Dorothy Cowan says a special outpatient clinic operated by Memorial Medical Center was the key to helping her avoid hosp…
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State agency director Mays has spent $66K on travel
The head of Illinois Department of Employment Security's tab includes frequent Chicago stays
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Illinois Governor's Mansion reopens to public
Bridget Riedel of Rochester was on the first public tour Saturday morning of the newly renovated Illinois Governor's Man…
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Bernard Schoenburg: Londrigan moves up a notch but Davis still favored in the 13th Congressional
Democratic congressional candidate BETSY DIRKSEN LONDRIGAN of Springfield is taking heart that a national political publ…
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Statehouse Insider: Try, try, try, try again
File this under the heading of "If at first you don't succeed ..."The House Republican Organization last week announced …
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