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Illinois college athletes could soon make profit from their talents
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Illinois college athletes could soon make profit from their talents

  • Tristan Hardy
  • Updated Jun 3, 2021

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - While student athletes are pushed to perform at a high-quality standard, lawmakers in Springfield are on the edge of ac…

Millions of cicadas will reemerge in 15 states, including Illinois
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Millions of cicadas will reemerge in 15 states, including Illinois

  • Tristan Hardy
  • Updated May 24, 2024

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The summer season won't come around for another 110 days. As soon as the soil temperature reaches 64 degrees, Central I…

Scammers are getting creative by using phone numbers
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Scammers are getting creative by using phone numbers

  • Tristan Hardy
  • Updated Dec 2, 2020

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Scammers are getting creative. It is safe to say their creativity is annoying.

Documentary draws attention to treatment of black girls in school
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Documentary draws attention to treatment of black girls in school

  • Tristan Hardy
  • Updated Feb 10, 2020

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - School should be a safe environment for all children to learn.

State looking into error leading to hundreds of non-citizen registered voters
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State looking into error leading to hundreds of non-citizen registered voters

  • Tristan Hardy
  • Updated Jan 22, 2020

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The Illinois Secretary of State's Office is under scrutiny after more than 500 non-US citizens were registered to v…

Effingham city leaders looking into protecting painted mural
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Effingham city leaders looking into protecting painted mural

  • "This is very important to the community and we're aware of it."
  • Updated Jan 8, 2020

EFFINGHAM, Ill. (WAND) - City hall was packed with people, looking for a response from city leaders concerning the painted mural near the Effi…

Loan forgiveness scam targeting Millikin students
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Loan forgiveness scam targeting Millikin students

  • "People are really getting creative nowadays."
  • Updated Apr 12, 2019

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Former Millikin students are the latest targets of a scam.

Rape crisis center services at risk because of partial government shutdown
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Rape crisis center services at risk because of partial government shutdown

  • "We have to be thinking forward."
  • Updated Jan 23, 2019

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The government has been partially shut down for 32 days. It is the longest government shutdown and U.S. history.

Effingham candidate for mayor claims city doesn't recognize MLK Day
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Effingham candidate for mayor claims city doesn't recognize MLK Day

  • "I think it's a serious mistake."
  • Updated Jan 18, 2019

EFFINGHAM, IL (WAND) - Scott Ealy, a local attorney who's running for mayor, said the city of Effingham doesn't recognize Martin Luther King D…

Decatur Food Pantry offering help to federal workers
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Decatur Food Pantry offering help to federal workers

  • Updated Jan 16, 2019

DECATUR, IL (WAND) - Illinois senator, Richard Durbin, recently gave his remarks to the partial government shutdown. He said more than 8,000 f…

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