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Springfield, Ill. mayor found shot dead in home, investigation underway

UPDATED 2:54 p.m. Dec. 15: According to a news release from the Sangamon county Coroner's Office Davlin died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. UPDATED 4:20 p.m. Dec. 14: In a press release, the...

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UPDATE: Ill. House re-votes, passes bill to repeal death penalty, goes to Senate

UPDATE Jan. 6, 2011 6:47 p.m . : Via the Associated Press, The Illinois House, reversing an earlier tally, has voted 60-54 to repeal the death penalty. The bill now goes to the Illinois Senate. A...

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Springfield mayor Davlin's death ruled suicide

Springfield Mayor Timothy Davlin's death has been ruled a suicide. A Sangamon County inquest Thursday determined the 53-year-old Democrat died of a close-contact bullet wound to the heart in a vehicle...

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Lincoln fans go for record by reciting speech

Winter hats mingled with stovepipe hats at the center of a nationwide effort to honor Abraham Lincoln and set a world record. Hundreds of people gathered Friday in Springfield to recite the speech...

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Officials: no reason for concern in Ill. over radiation from Japan

View Locations of found radiation from Japan in IL in a larger map The map above depicts the locations highlighted in the following story where trace amounts of radiation from Japan have been found in...

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Appeals court: No forced meds for Tucson suspect at Mo. facility

An appeals court has ordered federal prison officials to temporarily stop forcing anti-psychotic drugs on the suspect in the Tucson shooting rampage. The brief order from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of...

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Retrial designed to give Lincoln assassination co-conspirator the voice she...

On July 7, 1865, Mary Surratt became the first woman executed by the federal government when she was hanged for her role in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Surratt owned the boarding house in...

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Bringing Springfield's Photos Back To Life

The first photography staff at the Illinois State Journal carried heavy, clumsy and slow Speed Graphic cameras. They shot on glass plates, and only had a few precious exposures to use throughout their...

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Mo. High Court Will Not Hear Smoking Ban Challenge

The Missouri Supreme Court will not hear a legal challenge to Springfield's smoking ban, officially ending a lawsuit filed by a bar owner. Attorney Jonathan Sternberg says the state Supreme Court on...

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Threat Against Gov. Nixon "Not Credible," Says Mo. Hwy. Patrol

A rumored threat made against Missouri Governor Jay Nixon (D) has turned out to be false, according to the State Highway Patrol . It centered on alleged comments in which someone was quoted as saying...

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Missouri Authorities Awarded $1.6 M To Redevelop Brownfields

Three Missouri agencies will receive $1.6 million in federal funds to cleanup and redevelop contaminated properties. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week that it has selected...

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Update: Feds say Mercy Springfield is now in compliance with patient care...

Updated 11/27/17 with federal decision — Following an investigation and subsequent layoffs, Mercy Hospital Springfield is no longer at risk of losing federal funding due to reports of patient abuse....

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