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Students learn Indian culture, language at new school
In a side room of the new Hindu education center in the former Amber Jack Alehouse, about 25 students ranging in age fro…
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Fugitive of the week: Adriana E. Brown
Editor's note: Each week, the Springfield Police Department and the Sangamon County State's Attorney's Office highlight …
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Icy conditions expected early Wednesday morning
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the Springfield area beginning at 9 p.m…
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Pritzker signs $15 minimum wage bill into law
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a measure Tuesday gradually hiking the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, an early…
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Illinois State Police acknowledge agency wrongly issued gun license to Aurora shooter
CHICAGO - Illinois State Police acknowledged Monday that the agency wrongly issued a gun license to the shooter in the A…
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Q&A: 'Fixer Upper' Clint Harp on woodworking and fixing up homes
Clint Harp, a carpenter who is featured on HGTV's "Fixer Upper," joined staff writer Jura Koncius for The Washington Post's Home Front online chat. Here is an edited excerpt.
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Supreme Court won't hear Schock case
PEORIA - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock's legal challenge to his ongoing publ…
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New artery mapping may help avoid some heart procedures, HSHS St. John's says
A relatively new, non-invasive look at arteries serving the heart gives doctors at HSHS St. John's Hospital more informa…
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Sacred Heart-Griffin overcomes early deficit to make sectional title game
TAYLORVILLE -- The Sacred Heart-Griffin High School girls basketball team had to ride out the early storm against previo…
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'Blue for Drew' raises money for badly injured CWLP lineman, father of two
After a City Water, Power and Light lineman was severely shocked while in a substation, the International Brotherhood of…
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Lincoln Tower commemorates Obama's ties to Springfield
After its owner read that the city had not fulfilled its promise of commemorating President Barack Obama's ties to Sprin…
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Aurora warehouse won't reopen until next week
AURORA, Ill.- The suburban Chicago manufacturing warehouse where five people were fatally shot won't reopen until next w…
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So long -- for now -- to Sonrise sign
The Sonrise Donuts sign came down from its Ninth Street spot Monday morning, destined for a new future as part of the ci…
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More than 1,500 attend vigil for Aurora victims
AURORA, Ill. (AP) - More than 1,500 people braved snow and freezing drizzle to attend a prayer vigil for five slain co-w…
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Hillsboro girls making postseason run with improved team chemistry
Make no mistake, the Hillsboro High School girls basketball team would not be in Monday night's Super-Sectional game wit…
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After dogs exposed to the cold, animal neglect investigators want Springfield police to use new impound power
Animal neglect investigators are asking Springfield police to take a proactive approach to a law that went into effect …
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