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Fire chief: Traffic signal technology "most likely" not going up soon
After the city council tried to split the cost of green light traffic signal technology with an independent fire insuran…
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Benevolence program gifts vehicles to single mothers
Single mothers Jamie Smith and Alana Yates each drove away Wednesday with free vehicles that will improve their lives th…
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City inspector general investigates nonstop recording in SPD interview rooms
Springfield Police Department officers and administrators did not know a new recording system installed earlier this yea…
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Illinois Democrats ask high court to hear Blagojevich appeal
CHICAGO -- Nineteen Illinois Democrats have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal by imprisoned ex-Illinois Gov…
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Safety campaign raises awareness of Illinois' 'Move Over' law
SCHILLER PARK -- Gov. Bruce Rauner joined state officials to announce a new roadway safety campaign aimed at raising awa…
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Rochester grad Garret Dooley named to All-Big Ten second team
Garret Dooley, a Rochester High School graduate who is wrapping up his college career with Wisconsin, was named Wednesda…
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Renovated Lincoln rail station opens to the public
State and city officials gathered in downtown Lincoln Tuesday morning for the unveiling of the city's newly renovated hi…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 …
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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…
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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…
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Springfield police take down 'sophisticated' pot operation
Springfield police said Tuesday hundreds of marijuana plants being grown inside an abandoned building at the intersectio…
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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…
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