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Mayor breaks tie on $1.1 million TIF fund request for historic restoration project
Mayor Jim Langfelder provided the tie-breaking vote at Tuesday's city council meeting to give $1.1 million more in tax-i…
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Sangamon County increasing mental health services available to jail inmates
The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office is increasing the mental health services offered to inmates in the jail.The jail cu…
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Rauner signs bill to focus on needs of female prison inmates
LINCOLN - Like many of her cellmates, Janene Patton entered Illinois' prison system with problems that lingered beneath …
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Coroner IDs Springfield man killed in I-55 crash
The Sangamon County coroner's office on Tuesday identified the victim of Monday's fatal crash on Interstate 55 as Mark I…
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Memorial to replace original Taylorville hospital building
TAYLORVILLE - Taylorville Memorial Hospital plans to spend almost $60 million on a new two-story building that would rep…
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Liberia's president-elect has ties to Springfield
When Clarence Weah says that seeing his older brother, George Weah, get elected president of Liberia is like a dream com…
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Springfield Public Schools, others call off classes due to cold
District 186 schools will be closed on Tuesday due to the combination of predicted temperature and wind chill factor. Th…
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Lawyer speaks at MLK Breakfast of helping King days before his death
W.J. Michael Cody, a lawyer who helped fight a legal battle for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shortly before the civil righ…
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Youthful Reyes already in comeback mode for Cardinals
A glance at Alex Reyes' face might lead you to think he's even younger than his 23 years. But Reyes already knows a lot …
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$21.7M student union officially opens at UIS
As hundreds of people gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sunday at University of Illinois Springfield's new student …
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Someone to know: Meet Bill Cellini Jr.
Something to know about him: Cellini grew up in Springfield but currently lives and works as a documentary writer (for C…
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How can Illinois solve its teacher shortage?
As a shortage of teachers continues to plague Illinois, especially in central and southern counties, suggestions are bei…
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How Illinois governor candidates would address gun violence
CHICAGO - Even as the homicide rate has dropped in Chicago, violence remains one of the city's top problems, and concern…
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Kennedy targets gun violence in Illinois governor campaign
CHICAGO - Few people running for public office have been more personally affected by gun violence than Chris Kennedy, wh…
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Gambling expansion in Illinois no sure bet
Proponents of gambling expansion in Illinois are split on whether major legislation will get signed into law in 2018, wi…
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