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Cards fall in four: Nationals advance to World Series
WASHINGTON - It was merely the first inning, yet fans kept rising out of their seats to applaud or yell or twirl their r…
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Report: Funding revamp has helped Illinois' poor school districts
Illinois' revised school funding formula is helping achieve greater equity among school districts, according to a new ev…
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2018 tax summaries show Pritzkers with more than $6M in gross income
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his wife, M.K. Pritzker, reported more than $6 million in gross income last year, about $5.5 mill…
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ALPLM gets book collection of Lincoln biographer
A collection of about 130 books once belonging to the renowned Abraham Lincoln biographer Benjamin Thomas is finding its…
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Illinois: More money, leadership needed to secure elections
Illinois made substantial progress in securing its election systems since Russian government officials hacked into its v…
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Report says funding formula has helped poor districts
Illinois's revised school funding formula is helping achieve greater equity among school districts, according to a new e…
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State Sen. Dave Koehler defends contribution to campaign from company searched by FBI
PEORIA - State Sen. Dave Koehler received a $5,000 campaign donation from a company where FBI investigators served a sea…
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Springfield teen rewarded for Boundary Waters advocacy
Joseph Goldstein of Springfield has faced some tough battles in his life.Goldstein, who graduated from Glenwood High Sch…
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Dog spotted atop tower at old Pillsbury Mills plant
A dog that appeared on the top of a northern section of towers of the abandoned Pillsbury Mills factory on the city's no…
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CS8 Questions for Jim Ruppert: Teams flourishing with the ground game
To the surprise of no one, the Central State Eight Conference football championship will come down to the Week 9 meeting…
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City places portable toilet by library for homeless
The city of Springfield has placed a rented portable toilet outside the city-owned Lincoln Library for use by homeless p…
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WQNA DJs raising money to keep programs going
The volunteer community DJ's who have programs on Springfield radio station WQNA-FM are raising money to try to keep the…
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Pritzker unveils five-year economic plan, touts 'strong job growth'
Gov. J.B. Pritzker's Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity introduced a five-year economic plan last week, foc…
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For kids and adults, 'horses have a way of pulling out the best in people'
Six-year-old Maggie Bounds of Athens has spent half of her life taking riding lessons.Aboard a borrowed Arabian horse na…
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Veterans recalled in annual 'Ride in Honor'
It's at Camp Butler National Cemetery, P.J. Staab said, where he always experiences "the silence of war."It was at Camp …
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