3 weeks ago in Crime, Holiday Guide, Local, ZZZ App Top Stories

Crime of the Week: Protect gifts, deliveries, property over the holidays

The holiday season can make for easy criminal targets.

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Springfield’s holiday historic homes tour

The city’s most treasured homes dressed in their seasonal best!

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IDNR warns to be cautious using technology while hunting this deer season

Learn how not to break the rules while hunting deer this year, and don't use A.I. tools to learn about regulations.

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Wisconsin seeks to block Morgan Geyser’s conditional release after escape from group home

Geyser did not fight her extradition to Wisconsin in a Chicago court appearance Tuesday.

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Snow could color the trip home

NWS says perhaps three inches between Friday evening and Saturday afternoon.

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Judge’s footnote on immigration agents using AI raises accuracy and privacy concerns

The judge noted factual discrepancies between the official narrative about those law enforcement responses and what body camera footage showed.

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Budzinski intervenes in local housing dispute on behalf of low-income residents

Affordable housing advocates say this type of issue could become more common with proposed HUD cuts.

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UIS runner makes strides

Maddie Miller-Ross finished 84th in the Division II national XC meet.

3 weeks ago in National

National Parks to raise fees for millions of international tourists to popular US parks

The National Park Service said Tuesday it is going to start charging the millions of international tourists who visit U.S. parks each year an extra $100 to enter some of the most popular sites, while leaving them out of fee-free days that will be reserved for American residents.

3 weeks ago in National, Trending

Trump spares turkeys — but not his political opponents — at annual pardoning ceremony

President Donald Trump didn't bring much holiday cheer Tuesday when bestowing ceremonial pardons on two Thanksgiving turkeys, dispensing more insults than goodwill at the traditional White House ritual.

3 weeks ago in Entertainment

How Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal found the emotional power of ‘Hamnet’

In "Hamnet," Chloé Zhao's adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's prizewinning 2020 novel, Paul Mescal plays William Shakespeare and Jessie Buckley his wife, Agnes. It's a fictional, speculative drama with basis in historical fact.

3 weeks ago in Sports

More flag-planting celebrations could be in store for college football’s rivalry week

Coaches, players, administrators and maybe even security will be on high alert in hopes of dissuading or even preventing flag plantings that wreaked havoc during rivalry week in 2024.

3 weeks ago in Lifestyle, Trending

What’s open on Thanksgiving? Not much, as many stores rest — or prepare — ahead of Black Friday

With Thanksgiving and the formal launch of the holiday shopping season this week, Americans will again gather for Turkey Day meals before knocking off items on their Christmas gift lists.

3 weeks ago in Sports, Trending

Under a cloud, the Olympic flame begins its journey to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics

The Olympic flame began its journey Wednesday to the Milan Cortina Winter Games — missing a little of its usual magic. Bad weather lashing western Greece forced organizers to move the torch-lighting ceremony indoors, from Olympia's ancient stadium and temples to a nearby museum.

3 weeks ago in Food Scene, Holiday Guide, IL State News, Local, National, ZZZ App Top Stories

What happens when pumpkin pie meets deep-dish pizza?

For pumpkin pie, one state stood out: Illinois.

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Toy inventor Burt Meyer, who dreamed up Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, dies age 99

Meyer died on Oct. 30, said Rebecca Mathis, executive director at King-Bruwaert House, a retirement community in Burr Ridge, Illinois, where he lived.

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Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson leaves hospital after treatment for neurological disorder

A protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., the two-time presidential candidate and internationally known founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition was hospitalized Nov. 14.

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Deere: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations.

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A week later, public still mad about Springfield City Council landlord registry vote

Citizens allege corruption and racism around the horseshoe.

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IDNR says 2025 deer harvesting numbers are down a bit

More deer hunting opportunities are to come.