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Sunday, November 26, 2017

Holiday walk encourages shopping at local stores

Alicia Bibb, the owner of Studio on Sixth, 215 S 6th St., was feeling the holiday spirit Saturday as people checked out …

Springfield has its own looming pension problem

For the first time, Springfield will be spending more on its fire and police pension payments in the next budget year th…

Wealthy Illinois candidates face tax disclosure minefield

It's little surprise Democratic governor candidate Daniel Biss has for months been taunting rivals J.B. Pritzker and Chr…

Gratitude drives New Berlin blood donor

When New Berlin resident Josh Beard was in grade school, his grandfather had a heart attack and required several bypass …

By the numbers: Report sheds light on local school changes

Things just aren't the way they used to be. That's true in life and also in education.With the release last month of the…

A La Carte: Abbas Zolghadr sells downtown's Z Bistro, Utter Hut

Abbas Zolghadr -- founder of Z BISTRO and THE UTTER HUT -- is leaving Springfield's downtown dining scene this week afte…

Bernard Schoenburg: Filmmaker builds a case to save Thompson Center in Chicago

A passionate fan of Chicago architecture has produced a 16-minute film he hopes can help save the JAMES R. THOMPSON Cent…

Last-second field goal lifts Rochester to seventh state title

DEKALB - Senior quarterback Nic Baker put Rochester High School in position, but it was Clay Alewelt's leg that won the …

Cities want cut in Illinois' sales tax collection fee

Just weeks after lawmakers approved the spending and tax package that ended the state's budget impasse, an effort got un…

Pleasant Plains loses 35-0, takes 2nd in state

DEKALB -- Their unexpected run from the bottom of the south bracket ended one victory short of a Class 3A state football…

Colleges, high schools use 'Hamilton' to enhance teaching

CHICAGO - More than 2,000 students got into the hottest show in Chicago for free - "Hamilton: An American Musical " - as…

Soon-to-open South Grand restaurant gives back on Thanksgiving

The seed for Thursday's free Thanksgiving dinner at Nickey's Southern Style Kitchen was planted about 20 years ago.Back …

Pleasant Plains will carry Paul Tewes' memory to state

PLEASANT PLAINS - Everyone in the Pleasant Plains High School football community has said more or less the same thing th…

Ryan Mahan: Morris may be best team Rochester has met in playoffs

Back on Oct. 21, when the Illinois High School Association football playoff pairings came out, I quickly assessed the Cl…

Dave Kane: For fighting chance, Plains must dodge Rocky start vs. IC Catholic

Yes, Elmhurst IC Catholic High School blindsided Carlinville a year ago in Champaign, leading the Cavaliers 15-0 one min…

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