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Soon-to-open South Grand restaurant gives back on Thanksgiving
The seed for Thursday's free Thanksgiving dinner at Nickey's Southern Style Kitchen was planted about 20 years ago.Back …
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Pleasant Plains will carry Paul Tewes' memory to state
PLEASANT PLAINS - Everyone in the Pleasant Plains High School football community has said more or less the same thing th…
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Ryan Mahan: Morris may be best team Rochester has met in playoffs
Back on Oct. 21, when the Illinois High School Association football playoff pairings came out, I quickly assessed the Cl…
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Dave Kane: For fighting chance, Plains must dodge Rocky start vs. IC Catholic
Yes, Elmhurst IC Catholic High School blindsided Carlinville a year ago in Champaign, leading the Cavaliers 15-0 one min…
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Laura Campbell suspended from IDOT job for interviewing friend for job
Laura Campbell, the wife of Sangamon County Republican sheriff candidate Jack Campbell, served a 30-day suspension from …
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Struggle for basic supplies continues in Puerto Rico two months after hurricane
FAJARDO, Puerto Rico - One after another, Carmen De Jesús Rodríguez, a 92-year Fajardo native, began listing a…
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Rochester's 'superfan,' 90, is a fixture at Rockets football games
When the Rochester High School football team travels to DeKalb for the Class 4A state football championship game on Frid…
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Pleasant Plains football 'pioneers' excited about Cardinals' playoff run
When young men like Justin Saathoff and Parker Norris were playing football for Pleasant Plains High School 15 years ago…
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Man accused of burglary jumps into Lake Springfield, is arrested
A Springfield man accused of burglary ran into Lake Springfield early Wednesday in an apparent attempt to elude Springfi…
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Habitat house a start for new traditions for Springfield family
Chris and Charlene Herrod have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.After years of dreaming of owning their own ho…
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Jim Ruppert: Best Rochester team ever? Must win Friday to be in that conversation
And to think before this football season began, Rochester High School was picked to finish third in the Central State Ei…
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Rife, Sullivan, Kwon among Channel 20 departures
WICS NewsChannel 20 in Springfield is in the midst of some personnel changes, including the departure of the two anchors…
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State police to be stationed every 20 miles on I-55 today
Illinois State Police will be positioned every 20 miles along interstates 55, 57 and 80 Wednesday as travelers take to t…
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Aldermen ask firefighter fund to pay for green light technology
Springfield aldermen voted unanimously Tuesday to ask a firefighter board to use tax money it controls to pay for half t…
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Q&A with Rochester football coach Derek Leonard
As Rochester High School is preparing for its seventh state championship game in eight seasons Friday, coach Derek Leona…
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