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Laura Campbell suspended from IDOT job for interviewing friend for job
Laura Campbell, the wife of Sangamon County Republican sheriff candidate Jack Campbell, served a 30-day suspension from …
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Struggle for basic supplies continues in Puerto Rico two months after hurricane
FAJARDO, Puerto Rico - One after another, Carmen De Jesús Rodríguez, a 92-year Fajardo native, began listing a…
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Rochester's 'superfan,' 90, is a fixture at Rockets football games
When the Rochester High School football team travels to DeKalb for the Class 4A state football championship game on Frid…
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Pleasant Plains football 'pioneers' excited about Cardinals' playoff run
When young men like Justin Saathoff and Parker Norris were playing football for Pleasant Plains High School 15 years ago…
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Man accused of burglary jumps into Lake Springfield, is arrested
A Springfield man accused of burglary ran into Lake Springfield early Wednesday in an apparent attempt to elude Springfi…
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Habitat house a start for new traditions for Springfield family
Chris and Charlene Herrod have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.After years of dreaming of owning their own ho…
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Jim Ruppert: Best Rochester team ever? Must win Friday to be in that conversation
And to think before this football season began, Rochester High School was picked to finish third in the Central State Ei…
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Rife, Sullivan, Kwon among Channel 20 departures
WICS NewsChannel 20 in Springfield is in the midst of some personnel changes, including the departure of the two anchors…
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State police to be stationed every 20 miles on I-55 today
Illinois State Police will be positioned every 20 miles along interstates 55, 57 and 80 Wednesday as travelers take to t…
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Aldermen ask firefighter fund to pay for green light technology
Springfield aldermen voted unanimously Tuesday to ask a firefighter board to use tax money it controls to pay for half t…
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Q&A with Rochester football coach Derek Leonard
As Rochester High School is preparing for its seventh state championship game in eight seasons Friday, coach Derek Leona…
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Threat of layoffs at H.D. Smith unclear after sale announcement
The fate of 360 employees' jobs in Springfield remains uncertain after H.D. Smith Co. announced that the pharmaceutical …
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Springfield's Kmart is one of the company's oldest-surviving stores
Kmart store 4048 is a historic landmark in retail terms.The closing in March of the first Kmart, opened in 1962 in Garde…
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Bowling ball-sized rock thrown from I-55 overpass onto vehicle
Illinois State Police is seeking information about a large rock thrown from an interstate overpass early Monday that cra…
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Springfield's H.D. Smith to be sold to Pennsylvania company for $815 million
H.D. Smith Co., a Springfield-based pharmaceutical wholesaler and one of the city's largest private employers, will be s…
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