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Springfield dine-in tax off the table for now
Restaurant owners flocked to the Springfield City Council chamber Thursday to express their opposition to a 2 percent di…
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City Tournament: Lanphier runs past Springfield High from the start
It didn't matter to Lanphier High School what Springfield High tried to do, the Lions kept scoring.And when the Lions' a…
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City Tournament: Balanced Southeast too much for SHG
It was a tedious start from the beginning for third-seeded Sacred Heart-Griffin High School in the first game of the Boy…
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Restaurant review: Fairlane Diner
Address: 300 Crossing Drive, ShermanPhone number: 303-9330Website: http://www.fairlanediner.org/Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.…
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Illini try to turn season around against Wisconsin
CHAMPAIGN -- The recent stretch of University of Illinois basketball games has been tough to digest.Over the last few we…
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Springfield girl named St. John's CMN 'champion child'
A Springfield girl has been chosen to represent HSHS St. John's Children's Hospital as its 2018 Children's Miracle Netwo…
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CWLP employee accused of promoting prostitution, human trafficking
A City Water, Light and Power employee was arrested Wednesday on a variety of charges including promoting prostitution a…
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Rauner to air extended ad of Pritzker, Blagojevich on wiretap
CHICAGO - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has reserved 30-minute time slots on TV stations across Illinois for infomercial-…
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Chicago mayor vows to step up Amazon second headquarters bid
CHICAGO - Chicago officials vowed Thursday to step up the competition to lure Amazon's headquarters after the company na…
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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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