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Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
Weather forecast:
- Friday: Becoming windier and warm, with a high of 82 and low of 45 degrees.
- Saturday: Turning sunny; windy, cooler, temps: high: 56, low: 39.
- Sunday: Sunny and breezy, with a high of 61 and low of 37 degrees.
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🗓 Events Nearby
Friday April 17
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Boys Varsity Track & Field - Outdoor @ Granite City Senior High Sch
Springfield Southeast High Sch , 3148 Fehling Rd. , Granite City
4:00 pm
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Girls Varsity Track & Field - Outdoor @ Bloomington High School
Springfield Southeast High Sch , 1202 E Locust St , Bloomington
4:00 pm
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Boys Varsity Baseball @ Riverton High School
Riverton High School , 841 N. 3rd Street , Riverton
4:30 pm
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Girls Varsity Softball vs Centennial High School - Champaign Centen
Springfield High School , 101 S LEWIS ST , SPRINGFIELD
4:30 pm
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Boys Sophomore Baseball @ Pleasant Plains High School
Pleasant Plains High School , Po Box 320 , Pleasant Plains
4:30 pm
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Girls JV Softball vs Centennial High School - Champaign Centennial
Springfield High School , 101 S LEWIS ST , SPRINGFIELD
6:30 pm
Saturday April 18
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Springfield Comic-Con 2
Orr Building , 66 4 H Rd , Springfield
10:00 am
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Public Puppy Pre-School, Sat. #2026-II/A
Capitol Canine Training Club , 209 E Walnut St , Chatham
10:15 am
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ABC's of the DAR
Chatham Area Public Library District , 600 E Spruce St , Chatham
1:00 pm
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ABCs of the DAR
Chatham Area Public Library District , 600 E Spruce St , Chatham
1:00 pm
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3rd Annual The Holiday Concert
The Blue Grouch Pub , 510 W Maple Ave S , Springfield
2:00 pm
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R and B Live Ladies Edition and The Makenzie Thomas Experience
Danenberger Family Vineyards , 12341 Irish Rd , New Berlin
7:30 pm
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🗞 Nearby News
Chatham
- Chatham tree planting initiative helps fight flooding in Chicago neighborhood (cbsnews.com)
- Annual Doubles Invite In Memory Of Former Alton Boys/Girls Tennis Coach Robert Logan Is Saturday, April 18, 2026 (riverbender.com)
- Man gets 14 years in prison in plea deal for death of pregnant woman Itzel Camarena found in Chatham (cbsnews.com)
Springfield
- Springfield Memorial removing ambulance provider from its system (wcia.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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