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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

After lengthy debate, aldermen approve west-side subdivision

By the end of Tuesday's Springfield City Council meeting, a packed room of residents who were divided on whether a new w…

Springfield man accused of buying, selling heroin

A 39-year-old Springfield man was indicted Tuesday with conspiracy to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin in the Sp…

State officer voids $13 million no-bid Medicaid consulting contract

A no-bid consulting contract worth nearly $13 million has been voided by the state's chief procurement officer.Chief Pro…

Bootleg alcohol in state prisons on the rise, guard says

The Illinois budget crisis could be driving inmates to drink, a prisons official said Tuesday.Corey Knop told lawmakers …

Statehouse Insider: Rauner says he's not in charge of Illinois government

Guess ALEXANDER HAIG isn't one of Gov. BRUCE RAUNER's role models.It was Haig, then secretary of state, who famously sai…

Athens planning for future school improvements

ATHENS - With the debt from building Cantrall Intermediate School set to come off the books soon, the Athens School Dist…

Springfield police take down 'sophisticated' pot operation

Springfield police said Tuesday hundreds of marijuana plants being grown inside an abandoned building at the intersectio…

Fact check: Do Pritzker and Kennedy have a tax transparency gap?

Editor's note: This is the latest in a periodic feature intended to verify the truthfulness of statements made by Illino…

Glenarm woman arrested for allegedly stealing from Chatham school PTO

A Glenarm woman was arrested on Monday for allegedly stealing more than $10,000 from the parent-teacher organization for…

Statehouse evacuated for three hours after bomb threat

The Illinois State Capitol was evacuated for about three hours Monday after authorities received a bomb threat.The threa…

Christian County boy, 6, struck by school bus

Christian County Sheriff Bruce Kettelkamp is reminding parents to talk to their children about bus safety after a 6-year…

Crime Stoppers offers at least $500 for bomb threat information

Crime Stoppers of Sangamon and Menard Counties announced Monday it will pay a minimum of $500 for information that leads…

McCann won't seek GOP nomination for new Senate term

State Sen. Sam McCann, R-Plainview, who defeated a Republican challenger in 2016 and was facing another in 2018, announc…

Wide temperature swings in November; cold arrives tonight

Illinois' state climatologist says the state saw wide temperature swings throughout November but the month ended up slig…

Comedian Ron White to play Sangamon Auditorium in February

Ron White, the comedian known as "Tater Salad" who rose to fame as the cigar-smoking, scotch-drinking funnyman from the …

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