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Ex-priest accused of child abuse fired from CWLP
The city of Springfield has fired a City Water, Light and Power employee whose name appeared on a list of Catholic...
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Pritzker seeks higher salaries to attract top cabinet talent
Before handing power to a new set of legislators, the current Illinois General Assembly will consider 15 percent pay rai…
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Durbin, ag lab workers bemoan shutdown during Peoria visit
PEORIA - The ongoing, partial shutdown of the federal government has a scientific cost and a human one, U.S. Sen. Dick D…
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Neighbors shaken after death of Springfield woman, 80
Sharon Roth was working with a jig saw in the basement of her home in the 1000 block of North Osburn Avenue when a neigh…
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Longtime lawmaker Lou Lang resigns House seat
Long-serving state Rep. Lou Lang said Monday he is resigning to become a lobbyist.Lang, a Democrat from Skokie, will bec…
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Riverton taking flight with juniors Travis Hogan, Spencer Yoggerst
RIVERTON - Kody Kirkpatrick can understand how some opposing coaches might be getting tired of making game plans to cont…
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Someone to Know: Author John Elliott, who formerly worked for the Special Operations Group
Author John Elliott wouldn't recommend the double life he led for many years working in law enforcement as well as for a…
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Tribune: Pedophile got second chances at Chicago schools
CHICAGO - A serial pedophile who admitted to sexually abusing hundreds of children in Illinois and Indiana from the 1960…
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Aldermen make guidelines for awarding tourism grants
Springfield City Council members now have new guidelines to consider when handing out tourism dollars to groups for loca…
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Carlinville native leads Shriners PR campaign involving Foreigner
About a year ago, Tammy M. Robbins received a phone call from fabled record-label owner and executive Phil Carson (Led Z…
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Springfield police conducting homicide investigation
SPD looking at homicide investigation on West Elliott Avenue
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Missing man confirmed as body found in vehicle in lake
A man pulled from a submerged vehicle in Lake Springfield Saturday morning has been identified as a Springfield man who …
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Springfield Art Association cuts ribbon on new Visual Arts Center
A dream seven years in the making is now a reality as the Springfield Arts Association cut the ribbon on its new, state-…
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Bernard Schoenburg: Davis, LaHood urge Dems to compromise with Trump, Senate
U.S. Rep. RODNEY DAVIS, R-Taylorville, won re-election in November in a campaign in which he warned that NANCY PELOSI of…
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Statehouse Insider: Last hurrah for the lame ducks
Brace yourselves for the big lame-duck tax hike being secretly plotted in the General Assembly.Or not, as the case may b…
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