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Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Now-banned bump stocks slow to surface locally

Most local and area law enforcement agencies aren't seeing a flood of bump stocks, attachments that allow shooters to co…

Voters get their say on mayor, many other offices

Voters head to the polls Tuesday, bringing closure to months-long battles for Springfield city offices and a rash of oth…

Wrong-way driver identified in crash that killed Trooper Gerald Ellis

A Calumet City man was the wrong-way driver who slammed head-on into an Illinois State Police trooper's vehicle Saturday…

How will employers handle recreational marijuana use in Illinois?

The prospect of marijuana legalization might inspire visions of weed-smoking breaks at work, or grabbing a joint with co…

Illinois bill would bar colleges from asking about criminal history

NORMAL - Police chiefs at several Illinois schools say a proposal to bar colleges from asking about a person's criminal …

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Study finds tax plan would narrow state's income gap

A graduated income tax could narrow Illinois' growing income disparity, cut property - as well as income - tax bills and…

Local New Zealanders: Tragedy 'doesn't define us'

Jane Carter said the massacre that left 50 people dead in an attack on two Christchurch mosques a little over two weeks …

County health rankings fuel improvement efforts in Sangamon County

Rosie Jackson has no doubt that the visitors to her home on Springfield's north end who have faithfully driven her to do…

Refurbishing furniture, bettering women's lives

Cheryl Hansen purchased a flower stand that made use of an antique treadle sewing machine."It's unique, it's functional …

Illinois, other states looking at regulating electric scooters

States across the nation, including Illinois, are grappling with ways to regulate the use of electric scooters, a mode o…

Seeking results, not rhetoric on race from mayoral election winner

When Mayor Jim Langfelder won his first four-year term in 2015 over then-Sangamon County auditor Paul Palazzolo, he carr…

Bernard Schoenburg predictions: Another term for Jim Langfelder

I'm not sure, as mayoral candidate FRANK EDWARDS says in ads and fliers, that "Springfield is dying," but I do think the…

New face and longtime politician vying for Chicago mayor

CHICAGO - The race to be Chicago's next mayor pits a longtime political insider against a former prosecutor who's never …

Local Business Notes: Michaels opens in White Oaks Mall

MICHAELS opened its new location in WHITE OAKS MALL last week.The arts and crafts chain closed its 3119 S. Veterans Park…

Illinois State Police trooper killed in Chicago-area traffic crash

An Illinois State trooper who police called "another great hero of Illinois" was killed early Saturday morning by a wron…

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