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Blight fight

Springfield battles neighborhood scourges

By Bruce Rushton

Feb 25, 2021

Public officials long have sought solutions to dilapidated buildings blighting Springfield with broken windows, sagging porches, rats and worse. Many still sit vacant and crumbling despite plans and promises...

Blight fight

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  • U of I sued over sexual misconduct

    By Rachel Otwell

    Feb 25, 2021
    A quote from the lawsuit, which claims that when students were critical of a professor's alleged misconduct the university ignored or silenced them.
  • Not getting their shot

    Black residents lag in COVID-19 vaccinations

    By Mary Hansen, NPR Illinois

    Feb 25, 2021
    Shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sit on a table at the Illinois State Fairgrounds mass vaccination site.
  • Rethinking reading

    By Rachel Otwell

    Feb 25, 2021
    Rethinking reading
  • Cabin fever blues

    Surviving the big freeze

    By Bruce Rushton

    Feb 25, 2021
    Champ the Wonder Pug enjoys a roaring blaze.
  • A hunger crisis when there's no shortage of food

    By Katie S. Martin

    Feb 25, 2021
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  • Ugly delicious celeriac

    By Peter Glatz

    Feb 25, 2021
    Celeriac - the ugly duckling of the produce aisle.
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  • February finals

    By Tom Irwin

    Feb 25, 2021
    Dennis Stroughmatt's Cajun-Creole Trio entertains at Hill Prairie Winery near Oakford this Saturday evening for a Mardi Gras celebration.
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  • community concert poem #2

    By Jacqueline Jackson

    Feb 25, 2021
  • It's right under your feet

    By Stacie Lewis

    Feb 25, 2021
    It's right under your feet
  • An Oscar contender and one not to consider

    By Chuck Koplinski

    Feb 25, 2021
    An Oscar contender and one not to consider
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  • BEST OF SPRINGFIELD 2020 Intro

    By Michelle Ownbey

    Oct 29, 2020
    BEST OF SPRINGFIELD 2020 Intro
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U of I sued over sexual misconduct

By Rachel Otwell

Feb 25, 2021
A quote from the lawsuit, which claims that when students were critical of a professor's alleged misconduct the university ignored or silenced them.

Springfield officer on leave after barroom incident

By Bruce Rushton

Feb 24, 2021
Springfield officer on leave after barroom incident

Blight fight

By Bruce Rushton

Feb 25, 2021
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Still trying to get Illinois to admit he's innocent

By Madison Angell

Feb 25, 2021
Charles Palmer, center, is escorted by Illinois Innocence Project staff to see family and supporters after his 2016 release from prison.
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