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Aldermen blow up at each other at utilities committee meeting
For the first 90 minutes of Monday's Public Utilities Committee meeting, Springfield aldermen and the public gave feedba…
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Protesters visit Rauner's house to demand $15 minimum wage
Protesters slammed Gov. Bruce Rauner outside the Executive Mansion on Monday, calling for politicians to fight poverty o…
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Unexpected money staves off Donnie B's shutdown
An unexpected infusion of cash has reopened the doors at Donnie B's Comedy Club and Westside Pub and Grill, 3455 Freedom…
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Illinois' GOP congressmen to Trump: Keep Blagojevich in prison
Republican members of the U.S. House from Illinois have a message for President Donald Trump: Don't let Rod Blagojevich …
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Sheriff's office looking for man missing near Pawnee
The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 59-year-old man who disappeared while searching for arrowheads nea…
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IDOT employee from Rochester fired over outside work
A Rochester man who oversaw school bus inspections for the Illinois Department of Transportation and was working with a …
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Someone to know: Gayle McRoberts, the longest-serving principal at Pana High
PANA - Gayle McRoberts will retire June 29 as the longest-serving principal at Pana High School with a hope that she's r…
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City wants to put competing ballot question about absorbing Capital Township
Mayor Jim Langfelder plans to bring forward a resolution that would put a question on the November ballot asking Springf…
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Donnie B's Comedy Club shuts down
A last-ditch fundraising effort to save Donnie B's Comedy's Club has failed.Owner Don Bassford said Donnie B's Comedy Cl…
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Budget includes $80M for Capitol fixes, $30M for fairgrounds
Repairing buildings at the state fairgrounds, replacing some plumbing in the Capitol and making long-awaited improvement…
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Statehouse Insider: It's going to be a long campaign season
Advertising for the upcoming gubernatorial election got underway last week with both Gov. BRUCE RAUNER and Democrat J.B.…
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Once-homeless high school grad looking to the future
Tristan Simmons now has an education and a job to go along with his newfound home, three of life's accomplishments that …
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Henson Robinson Zoo's new penguin building officially open
The ribbon-cutting ceremony signaling the official opening Saturday of the new penguin building at Henson Robinson Zoo w…
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Illinois, which buried ERA decades ago, now its darling
In 1981, dozens of women descended upon the Illinois state Capitol with bread and other baked treats for legislators. On…
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PETA expected to visit Lake Springfield fishing competition
About 100 teenagers will be on Lake Springfield Saturday to compete for $10,000 worth of scholarships as part of the Nat…
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