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Glenwood's Mitch Hutmacher finishes runner-up at Class 2A state finals
CHAMPAIGN -- With Class 2A's top two 195-pound wrestlers bringing a combined record of 90-1 into their state championshi…
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Art Express gives people with dementia creative outlet
An art expression class for people with dementia and their care partners learned of a new way of creating art that even …
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Nation's first black priest from Quincy moving closer to sainthood
The Rev. Augustus Tolton escaped from slavery as a child and went on to become the nation's first black Catholic priest.…
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Pritzker to outline budget amid state's ongoing problems
Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers his first budget proposal Wednesday to a state that may be unprepared for what the new gover…
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Teacher uses dance to buoy her through battle with brain tumor
Kim Drewes came up with the dance routine lying flat on her back in a hospital bed in Chicago, a little over a month aft…
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Direct-to-consumer brands shake up home renovation
In the direct-to-consumer product revolution, all it takes is a few swipes and taps to get house plants, comforters and mattress samples delivered from your Instagram feed directly to your front door. Now two start-ups are vying to turn one of...
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Statehouse Insider: Pritzker wins one but miffs Republicans
Gov. J.B. PRITZKER walked away with his first major victory of the legislative session, getting the minimum wage bill th…
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Schoenburg: LaRouche followers roiled Illinois Democrats in crazy 1986 race
If conspiracy theorist and perennial presidential candidate LYNDON LaROUCHE hadn't had a couple of followers with common…
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No substitute for Hayden Moore's contributions for Bulllets
WILLIAMSVILLE - His coach and teammates agree. Hayden Moore probably would be a starter for most boys basketball teams i…
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Local Business Notes: City Council to vote on incentive for Jefferson St. development
The Springfield City Council appears poised to give a tax incentive to a developer seeking to build a strip mall that wi…
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Police: Aurora shooter knew he was being fired
AURORA - The man who killed five co-workers and wounded another and five police officers at a suburban Chicago manufactu…
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A La Carte: O'Charley's in Prairie Crossing to close
O'CHARLEY'S in Prairie Crossing will close March 24, just shy of two decades serving up the Nashville, Tennessee, chain'…
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Glenwood gets offense going in victory over Springfield High
The last two times before Friday night that the Chatham Glenwood High School boys basketball team took the court were no…
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Cupich: Summit needed to make progress against sex abuse
DETROIT - The U.S. archbishop helping to organize next week's summit of the world's bishops at the Vatican on sexual ab…
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Peoria, Normal already have Tobacco 21 ordinance
Some central Illinois cities have already banned the sale of tobacco to anyone under 21 - a fact that advocates point to…
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Gunman kills 5 people, wounds 5 police at Illinois business
AURORA - An employee of a manufacturing company opened fire in its suburban Chicago plant Friday, killing five people an…
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