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august 26
- GHS football photo call-out
- A big round of thanks as football season starts
- Springfield High's Ryan Gelber: Game time
- New voice brings Lions together early
- George Little: Nothing friendlier than a wet dog
- Drag king: This 11-year-old racer is fast
- Our Opinion: Still a need for major ethics reform
- Local jobless rates improve in 11 Illinois metro areas
- County board to try to match city's scrap rules
- Job stats show local governments cut employees
- City takes break from demolishing problem buildings
- Judge will rule today on superintendents' pay
- Decatur mayor to run for Senate district including Springfield
- Dave Bakke: Two dear, old friends reunite
- Toddler's mother testifies in murder trial
- Budget cuts leave program for prisoners' children in lurch
- DCFS director resigns
- Ronald McDonald House, Sojourn receive rebuilt computers from students
- Sangamo Conference preview capsules
- Make room for doggie
- WIVC North preview capsules
- Carlinville hopes their 1-2 punch fights off foes
- South Central preview capsules
- Two new coaches jump into ‘wide-open’ WIVC South
- Be proactive to keep your home accessible
- New Lincoln coach hopes to follow dad’s lead
- Rockets face early season adversity
- Sour 2010 brings SHG back to basics
- Letter: Obama’s view of law skewed
- Rockets defeat Bullets in soccer
- Senior citizens can get heating help
- Letter: What’s the excuse this time?
- Two sought for robbing tavern patrons with knife and axe
- Ford impresses Illini with his ‘bam’ moments
- SHG’s efficient Smith got it done in shadow of stars last season
- Britt: It all adds up to a hot day in school
- Being good sports on Reader Comments
- Chicago man sentenced for setting wife on fire
- Prep Volleyball: Springfield High sweeps Lanphier
- Illinois Supreme Court to stop recall of Cook Co. judges
- Quinn: Court made correct decision on salaries
- Police reportedly find gun in car
- Aircraft flips, lands upside down in Monmouth
- Letter: Look back at ‘class warfare’
- Letter: Water strategy has changed
- State bicyclists league promotes cycling to school
- Glenwood’s McAdams learned on job in his first year as starter
- Education rally set for Saturday
- Missouri judge blocks Facebook limits for teachers
- Arrests made in burglary
- Prep Spotlight: Pedraza, SHS soccer team blanks Granite City
- Auburn man accused of lawn care scam
- U of I spends $170,000 on chancellor search
- Talk to us: Do you have family or friends on the East Coast?
- Freese, Holliday lead Cards past Pirates
- Titans have a taste for another run
- Fall high school sports preview
- Spartans winning the numbers game
- When should you contact your pediatrician?
- CS8 Tennis: Cyclones eye repeat after long title wait
- Big schools should have edge again in Prairie State
- Friend-in-Deed golf outing
- Ameren sending 100 employees to Vermont for hurricane aid
- Doctors, hospitals snub Illinois Medicaid managed care
- Shots fired near Johnson Park and Laurel Street
- For the Record: Aug. 26
- Letter: Questions dental pay policy
- Central Illinois town riled by incidents with local police
- Green grass in short supply this summer
- CS8 girls golf preview capsules
- Area golf preview capsules
- Crimsons confident in their newest QB
- CS8 soccer preview capsules
- CS8 volleyball preview capsules
- CS8 cross country preview capsules
- Knoxville remains favorite after Beardstown’s breakout year
- Sangamo talent trove remains full
- CS8 Swimming: SHG, SHS buoyed by multiple returners
- Area cross country preview breakdown
- WIVC South preview capsules
- Big 3 look to be in control once again in WIVC North
- Pittsfield preview capsule
- Preview capsules for the Prairieland Conference Blue Division
- Area soccer preview breakdown
- Area volleyball preview breakdown
- Area athletes find it hard to walk away from competition when school ends
- Prairie State Conference preview capsules
- Library introduces new Babytalk Lap-Sit session
- Skyrocketing status: Rochester's Lunt was hot commodity
- Your front porch: Window to the neighborhood
- QB competition a rare sight in T’ville
- Storytelling by Strong Men: Ancient Athletics organization throws culture into competitions
- CS8 Football: Preseason coaches' poll
- Senators look to top breakout year
- CS8 boys golf preview capsules
- Why are cats less likely to see a vet than dogs are?
- September Sudoku puzzles
- Offensive line gets high marks, even from Jay Cutler
- Britt cartoon: It all adds up to a hot day in school
- As Homeland Security dollars dry up, is Massachusetts safer?
- Philip Maddocks: Corporations condemn demeaning comments equating them with people
- Jerry Moore: Motherhood demands ability to put child first
- 9/11 blog: Where did post-9/11 donations go?
- Diamond Dirt: In search of Roger Maris
- How to remove stains from white clothing
- Movie review: 'Chasing Madoff' an ode to whistle-blower Markopolous
- Check out our 9/11 blog
- Selecting the right kind, size of jewelry to wear each day
- To do tonight: Watch 'Rat Busters NYC' series premiere
- Chicago Bears WR Roy Williams not meeting expectations
- Movie review: 'The Help' is a great book and a great movie
- Movie review: 'Our Idiot Brother' a real charmer
- 5 Things to Do This Weekend
- Suzette Martinez Standring: ‘The Waiting Place: Learning to Appreciate Life’s Little Delays’
- Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards talks about settling down
- This week, Bears won’t game-plan; well, maybe a bit
- Granlund cartoon: Steve Jobs resigns
- Treasures: Carved Chinese panel likely part of a romantic ritual
- Looking Up: Window into the starry night
- Movie Man: Ninjas defend Norway in offbeat comedy
- Today in the news: Emergency declared in 3 states ahead of Hurricane Irene
- Eric P. Bloom: Value of 360-degree analysis
- Morning Minutes: Aug. 26
- Schmidt denies regional superintendents' request for pay
- Candice Tells All: Designing with art
- 101 Ideas: Sneaking in a home office in tight places
- Pat Summitt will bring awareness, ’faith' to dementia fight
- Ask the Plumber: Stuck between a sink and a hard place
- Liccar cartoon: Obama and the rudder
- Interfaith council calls for civil discourse during 9/11 talks
- Videos: Hurricane Irene
- 9/11 blog: President Bush: I didn't have a strategy
- Videos: Hurricane Irene
- Movie review: 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark' an old-fashioned, haunted house scare fest
- Music Scene: Hot Club of Cowtown much more than an Americana band
- 5 Things to Do This Weekend
- The Readers' Writers: Author Erica O'Rourke
- Video: Renewing the land through prairie restoration
- Lincoln balloon fest adds BBQ competition, shuttle service
- The Rivalry: SHG vs. Glenwood
- Order 'Springfield: Through Our Eyes'
- How to challenge yourself