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Jerry Seinfeld inspires local comedy scene
"Seinfeld" the sitcom was noted for being free of sentimentality. The only time the lead character cried, as a bizarro v…
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The Moscow Festival Ballet brings classic 'Sleeping Beauty' to Springfield
The Moscow Festival Ballet aims to dazzle and delight with its performance of "The Sleeping Beauty" at Sangamon Auditori…
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AMC movie theater on Dirksen Parkway to sell liquor
The overhaul of AMC Showplace 8 will introduce not only a newly renovated theater to Springfield audiences but also a ne…
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Springfield man, 100, covers Cubs, Illini, more in emailed reports
Sports fan Ray Ackerman of Springfield turned 100 years old on Jan. 7, and he prefers to tell it like it is."I didn't ev…
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Lopez: 'It's a given' board will pursue sales tax hike for Springfield school fixes
Springfield School Board President Adam Lopez says "it's a given" the district will pursue a countywide one-cent sales t…
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2 Illinois governor candidates spend $26M in last 3 months
The race for Illinois governor cost more than $28 million just in the last three months of 2017 for the November 2018 el…
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Education officials want to double state budget for schools
State education officials are asking to nearly double the amount of money K-12 education gets from the state.The Illinoi…
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Where's the school bus? There could be an app for that in Springfield
Springfield School Board members will decide next month whether to extend the district's contract with First Student bus…
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Rauner campaign: 'Governor believes David Duke is a racist'
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's campaign on Tuesday clarified the governor believes former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke…
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Mayor breaks tie; city to give $1.1 million for restoration project
Mayor Jim Langfelder provided the tie-breaking vote at Tuesday's city council meeting to give $1.1 million more in tax-i…
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Sangamon County increasing mental health services available to jail inmates
The Sangamon County Sheriff's Office is increasing the mental health services offered to inmates in the jail.The jail cu…
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Rauner signs bill to focus on needs of female prison inmates
LINCOLN - Like many of her cellmates, Janene Patton entered Illinois' prison system with problems that lingered beneath …
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Coroner IDs Springfield man killed in I-55 crash
The Sangamon County coroner's office on Tuesday identified the victim of Monday's fatal crash on Interstate 55 as Mark I…
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Memorial to replace original Taylorville hospital building
TAYLORVILLE - Taylorville Memorial Hospital plans to spend almost $60 million on a new two-story building that would rep…
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Liberia's president-elect has ties to Springfield
When Clarence Weah says that seeing his older brother, George Weah, get elected president of Liberia is like a dream com…
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