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Juneteenth Celebration helps kids understand abolition of slavery
Josh Sabo was among several parents Saturday whose children participated in activities at the annual Juneteenth Celebrat…
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Rochester grad Josh Cable completes 5K after serious burn injuries
Josh Cable spent 24 days last month in a hospital burn unit.With several supporters looking on, the recent Rochester Hig…
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Bears QB Trubisky remembers the purity of high school sports
If any NFL starting quarterback can easily relate to high school athletes, it's Mitchell Trubisky.Not only was he still …
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A La Carte: Cozy Dog, Chili Parlor named Route 66 gems
Two legendary Springfield dining stops have been recognized by multinational brand PEPSICO as "road-trip gems."COZY DOG …
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Bipartisan work yields gun bills, fate rests with Rauner
Legislation aimed at curbing gun violence - some of which wouldn't have stood a chance just a few years ago - won approv…
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Bernard Schoenburg: Gov. Rauner owns Sangamon farmland - with somebody
Gov. BRUCE RAUNER is now in the farming business in Illinois, he told nearly 5,700 people - mostly high school students …
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Statehouse Insider: Illinois second to Missouri again
Last week marked the first of what's hoped to be an annual softball game between members of the Missouri legislature and…
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Kandu Magic Show performs for the last time at Sangamon County Fair
NEW BERLIN - Jef and Jill Eaton have been touring the county fair circuit in the Midwest, performing their traveling mag…
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Durbin: Tariffs on China could make Illinois agriculture a target
Central Illinois farmers and businesses could become targets in an escalating trade dispute with China, U.S. Sen. Dick D…
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Rauner names Justin Blandford curator of Governor's Mansion
A superintendent for several state historic sites in Springfield has been named curator of the Illinois Governor's Mansi…
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Restaurant review: Gateway to India
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Illiopolis boy helps push bill to cover hearing aids for kids
Traversing party lines, a young Sangamon County boy and his younger brother took on the Illinois legislature this year a…
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Springfield native and lottery winner appears on HGTV show
When Denise Banks-Wilson won the Illinois Lottery last year, she didn't expect to end up on HGTV. But the cable channel'…
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Man injured escaping from Springfield house fire
A man was injured Thursday when he jumped from the second floor of a burning house at 1715 E. Cook St., the Springfield …
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SHG's Nick Broeker to play football at Ole Miss
Nick Broeker is going from one power football conference to another.Broeker, a 6-foot-5, 275-pound senior-to-be right ta…
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