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Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Springfield School Board approves asking county voters for 1 percent sales tax

The Springfield School Board voted unanimously Monday to put a 1 percent countywide sales tax question on the November b…

Race Riot artifact preservation moving along at rail improvement site

Preservation of artifacts from the 1908 Race Riots found on one of the Springfield railroad improvement project sites is…

Durbin says he'd support move by Trump to commute Blagojevich's sentence

U.S. Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., the second-ranking Senate Democrat, said Monday that he would support a move by Pre…

Gov. Rauner signs 'not perfect' budget

For the first time since he took office in 2015, Gov. Bruce Rauner Monday signed a full-year state budget into law.

City funds second year of summer nighttime programs

Last year, three shooting deaths in the last week of May, all involving young people, punctuated the beginning of summer…

Got ink? Springfield sees rise in tattoo studios

Kevin Veara was one of the first tattoo artists in Springfield. When he opened his studio, Black Moon Tattoos, there wer…

Springfield police officers cast a line to community kids

After almost two hours of patiently casting his fishing rod into the pond of Southwind Park with no luck, Keshawn Woodsi…

Someone to Know: Carole Strick is an advocate for the 'old'

ROCHESTER - Rochester community volunteer Carole Strick was born Sept. 25, 1943, in Albany, Georgia, into an Air Force f…

Glenwood baseball clashes with Troy Triad again for 3A state berth

Twice, the Chatham Glenwood and Troy Triad high schools' baseball teams have met in the Class 3A Sauget Supersectional.T…

Latest $25 million check pushes Pritzker's total self-funding past $100 million

CHICAGO - Democratic governor nominee J.B. Pritzker continued his record self-funding of his campaign, crossing the $100…

Bernard Schoenburg: With agreement, an easier budget vote this time around

What a difference a year and bipartisan agreement makes.Last July - after two years without a state budget - state Rep. …

Work on 11th Street extension resumes around Qik-n-EZ despite lawsuit

Construction near the Qik-n-EZ, 1101 Stevenson Drive, has resumed after a judge rescinded a temporary restraining order …

Budget highlighted eventful, mostly peaceful session

For the first time in a while, Illinois lawmakers aren't facing overtime duty in Springfield this summer.With a budget p…

Virginia native returns to hometown to keep grocery store going

VIRGINIA - For several generations the residents of Virginia haven't had to go far to buy groceries. It will stay that w…

Oak Ridge ceremony remembers Normandy invasion

World War II Army veteran Norman Buecker was at Oak Ridge Cemetery on Saturday to mark the 74th anniversary of the D-Day…

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