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Ferguson-Booth building project loses TIF funding
The Springfield City Council voted 8-1 Tuesday to cancel a more than $1.1 million tax-increment financing grant and an $…
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Blagojevich files paperwork asking Trump to commute sentence
CHICAGO - Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich filed official paperwork Tuesday asking President Donald Trump…
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Metro East woman killed in I-55 crash in Springfield
A 79-year-old woman was killed Tuesday in a two-vehicle accident on Interstate 55 near the Sixth Street exit, Illinois S…
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Williamsville school board action puts sales tax question on ballot
Voters in Sangamon County will decide in November whether they want to pay an extra 1 percent sales tax on most general …
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Mother, son killed in crash near Franklin
Authorities have identified the three people who were killed Monday in a two-vehicle crash on Illinois 104 near Franklin…
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In a capsule closet, classics are what make the cut
Until recently, I thought a "capsule wardrobe" was some contemporary notion that millennials were touting as the newest fashion craze. I was surprised to learn that the term was coined in the 1970s by Susie Faux, owner of a London boutique called...
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Rauner campaign launches new ad about Prizker phone call with Blagojevich
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's re-election campaign returns to the TV airwaves on Tuesday with a new ad based on a famil…
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District 186 schools to ask for 1 percent sales tax
The Springfield School Board voted unanimously Monday to put a 1 percent countywide sales tax question on the November b…
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Saving Springfield's Race Riot artifacts from rail project
Preservation of artifacts from the 1908 Race Riots found on one of the Springfield railroad improvement project sites is…
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Triad shuts down Glenwood in baseball supersectional
SAUGET - With Nick Beeler's work on the mound Monday, he didn't need a 6-0 lead in the second inning. He didn't need a 6…
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Three killed in Morgan County crash
FRANKLIN - Three people were killed and another person was injured Monday in a two-vehicle crash on Illinois 104 near Fr…
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Durbin: Trump should commute Blagojevich's sentence
U.S. Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., the second-ranking Senate Democrat, said Monday that he would support a move by Pre…
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Gov. Rauner signs 'not perfect' budget
For the first time since he took office in 2015, Gov. Bruce Rauner Monday signed a full-year state budget into law.Surro…
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City funds second year of summer nighttime programs
Last year, three shooting deaths in the last week of May, all involving young people, punctuated the beginning of summer…
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Got ink? Springfield sees rise in tattoo studios
Kevin Veara was one of the first tattoo artists in Springfield. When he opened his studio, Black Moon Tattoos, there wer…
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Springfield police officers cast a line to community kids
After almost two hours of patiently casting his fishing rod into the pond of Southwind Park with no luck, Keshawn Woodsi…
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