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Illinois State Fair taking extra precautions in extreme heat ahead of final day
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Illinois State Fair taking extra precautions in extreme heat ahead of final day

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Aug 17, 2025

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois State Fair is taking extra precautions to help visitors beat the heat on the Fair's final day.

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Horse racer breaks record with 1,000th career win

Horse racer breaks record with 1,000th career win

  • Updated Aug 11, 2025

Jamaica Patton said racing started when he was a kid in Mississippi.

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Horse racer breaks record with 1,000th career win
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Horse racer breaks record with 1,000th career win

  • Alyssa Patrick
  • Updated Aug 11, 2025

Jamaica Patton and his horse, One Trip Chip, won their 1,000th career win on the Illinois State Fairgrounds.

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Illinois state fair starts in one week!
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Illinois state fair starts in one week!

  • Carlee Bronkema
  • Updated Aug 4, 2022

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The Illinois State Fair starts in one week! 

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Audiofeed Music Festival this weekend in Urbana
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Audiofeed Music Festival this weekend in Urbana

  • Daja Clayton
  • Updated Jun 28, 2022

URBANA, Ill. (WAND) - While many of our plans were cancelled these past two years due to Covid, add the Audiofeed Music Festival to that list. 

Suspicious package investigated outside of IDNR building in Springfield
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Suspicious package investigated outside of IDNR building in Springfield

  • Sep 27, 2021

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - A suspicious package was investigated and found to contain no threat early Monday at an Illinois Department of Natu…

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