Top 10 Local Stories of 2007
TOP TEN NEWS STORIES OF 2007:
10. SIMPSON'S MOVIE
9. URSULINE ACADEMY CLOSING...CONSOLIDATIONS OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN SPRINGFIELD (LATER PUT ON HOLD)
8. POWER PLANT EXPLOSION
7. HIRING OF FIRST BLACK SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT FOR DISTRICT 186 (DR. WALTER MILTON)
6. SPRING CITY ELECTIONS...MAYOR RE-ELECTED AND HIRES NEW POLICE CHIEF...HOMELESS PROBLEM "SOLVED"
5. DEATH OF ILLINOIS STATE TROOPER BRIAN MCMILLEN...DJ'S TAVERN
4. DEATHS AT THE SANGAMON COUNTY JAIL...INCLUDING "KLUTZO THE CLOWN"
3. STATE GOVERNMENT COLLAPSE...GOVERNOR BLAGOJEVICH AND HIS ABORTED GROSS RECEIPTS TAX...NO BUDGET...GAMBLING EXPANSION...CAPITAL SPENDING BILL...UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE
2. FORMER GOVERNOR GEORGE RYAN HEADS TO PRISON
1. U-S SENATOR BARACK OBAMA LAUNCHES PRESIDENTIAL BID IN SPRINGFIELD
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