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Cops blast mayor for backing brawling alderman

Langfelder: "They decided to work together, and that's what it's all about"

By Bruce Rushton

The Springfield police union is denouncing Mayor Jim Langfelder for defending Ward 2 Ald. Shawn Gregory, who got into a public fistfight Thursday, one day before the alderman, the mayor and other community leaders held... Read More

Springfield's man on Capitol Hill

U.S. Senator Richard Durbin, a top-ranking Democrat, reflects on 40 years in Congress

By David Blanchette

Mar 4, 2021

When he first arrived in Congress after defeating incumbent Representative Paul Findley in the 1982 election, Richard J. Durbin wasn't sure how long he'd be there. "Congressional staff wanted to talk to me about my retirement system choice...

Richard Durbin now chairs the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee.

News & Opinion

ALPLM board names new director

Will start work in June

By Bruce Rushton
Mar 5, 2021
Springfield's new elementary school

Laketown and Hazel Dell to get a $22.6 million replacement

By Rachel Otwell
Mar 4, 2021
Code violations pile up

City slow to act

By Bruce Rushton
Mar 4, 2021
The toll on youth

Coronavirus hasn't been as deadly for kids, but they face challenges

By Madison Angell
Mar 4, 2021
Sound the alarm

Fiscal sanity hits the fire department

By Bruce Rushton
Mar 4, 2021

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Food & Drink

It's time for corned beef and cabbage

Nothing says St. Patrick's Day better. Unless you're Irish.

By Ashley Meyer
Mar 4, 2021

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Music

March is on

By Tom Irwin
Mar 4, 2021

Arts & Culture

strong advice poem #1

By Jacqueline Jackson
Mar 4, 2021
The library that Dolly built

Promoting literacy for all children

By Cinda Ackerman Klickna
Mar 4, 2021
Around town

By Stacie Lewis
Mar 4, 2021
What to watch next

By Chuck Koplinski
Mar 4, 2021

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Best of Springfield

BEST OF SPRINGFIELD 2020 Intro

By Michelle Ownbey
Oct 29, 2020

More Best of Springfield

Springfield's man on Capitol Hill

Little Love Stories

Cockfight crusades

National Park Service boundaries to expand

Best films of 2020

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