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No fair

Aug 13, 2020

In a normal year, the Twilight Parade would be kicking off the Illinois State fair tonight, but 2020 has already been anything but normal. COVID-19 cancelled the Fair for the first time since World War II, affecting everything from agriculture to nonprofits who rely on revenue from working the gates and Grandstand...

No fair

News & Opinion

1,000 cases and counting

COVID-19 continues to spread in Sangamon County

By Rachel Otwell
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Spit test

U of I begins COVID-19 saliva testing

By Rachel Otwell
Aug 13, 2020
Springfield designates BLM Solidarity Day

New resolution also requires anti-racism training for city employees

By Mary Hansen, NPR Illinois
Aug 13, 2020
Putting the state back in the grandstand

Next year, let's think Illinois

By Bruce Rushton
Aug 13, 2020
A photographer's eye-opening year

After ups and downs, Zach Adams reflects, "It made my family stronger."

By Erika Holst
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Food & Drink

State Fair food fix

DIY corn dogs and fried green tomatoes

By Peter Glatz
Aug 13, 2020
Fruit butters are fun

Preserve the sweet taste of summer

By Ashley Meyer
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Music

Fair thee well

By Tom Irwin
Aug 13, 2020
Highway 615

By Tom Irwin
Aug 13, 2020
Almost fair

By Tom Irwin
Aug 6, 2020
Guilty Boys

By Tom Irwin
Aug 6, 2020

Arts & Culture

Politics with no parade

2020 candidates must get creative in lieu of in-person options

By Rachel Otwell
Aug 13, 2020
The show will go on

Animal exhibitions adapt to the times

By Carey Smith
Aug 13, 2020
No fun and no funds

Fair cancellation impacts nonprofits

By Karen Ackerman Witter
Aug 13, 2020
Building a butter cow

By Lana Shovlin
Aug 13, 2020
DIY fair food

By Ashley Meyer
Aug 13, 2020

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Best of Springfield

Best Of Springfield 2019 (all Winners)

By IT Staff
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Creating your vision of an inspired life

Capital City Visitor cover art entries, top 3 and cover reveal

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Springfield's living black history

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