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Blues fire Mike Yeo as head coach, name Craig Berube as interim
ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Blues fired coach Mike Yeo after a disappointing start to the season and named Craig Berube a…
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Playwright Ken Bradbury remembered as theater's 'force of nature'
A recent entry in area playwright Ken Bradbury's journal at an online charitable organization announced the resolution o…
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Durbin visits Central Illinois Foodbank to highlight need
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, Monday visited the Central Illinois Foodbank in Springfield to highlight its role in …
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Durbin would ban return to U.S. of Saudi ambassador
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, on Monday said Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States should not be allowed b…
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Filing starts for spring city elections
Filing for Springfield city elections began Monday, with Ward 9 Ald. Jim Donelan first in line when the doors to the cit…
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Illinois Bicentennial: 8 films you didn't know were filmed here
Maybe Illinois has produced so many cool movies because it offers such a vastly diverse spectrum of locations to tell hi…
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Book covers Grierson's 'unconventional story' on Civil War
Readers might do a double-take of the title of Timothy B. Smith's recent book about Civil War Col. Benjamin Grierson's r…
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Springfield native's experiments going up to International Space Station
Siobhan Malany had a one-word response to watching a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket blast off from NASA's Wallops Fligh…
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Someone to Know: Linda Flotow, artist who makes temari balls
Why you should know her:Linda Flotow is a fiber artist and member of Springfield's Prairie Weavers Guild, who teaches fi…
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City fire, police pension costs expected to outpace property taxes again
For the second year, the city of Springfield's property taxes revenues are expected to fall short of what the city needs…
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'Intragastric balloon' procedure a new weight-loss option, though expensive
After almost passing out as he descended 18 stories of stairs in March, Leo Willard knew he needed to do more to lose we…
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King, Bishop Mac outlast Rochester in Class 4A semifinal
KANKAKEE - Three turnovers, a possible missed call, bad weather and a career day by an all-state running back meant Roch…
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Bernard Schoenburg: Former Ald. Simpson seeks a return to the council
Former Ward 2 Ald. GAIL SIMPSON, who served on the Springfield City Council for eight years before giving up the seat to…
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Prison inmate's death after incident with staff ruled homicide
The death of an inmate following an "altercation with correctional staff" at Western Illinois Correctional Center in May…
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Monticello ends Carlinville's state hopes with 40-14 semifinal win
MONTICELLO -- Saturday brought a rude and muddy awakening for a Carlinville High School football team that had dominated…
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