🌱 Old coal mine photos find a home on SangamonLink

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In today's newsletter:

• Old coal mine photos find a home on SangamonLink

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: A thundershower in spots, with a high of 62 and low of 40 degrees.
• Thursday: Breezy and cooler, temps: high: 48, low: 31.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy and chilly, with a high of 44 and low of 27 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Sangamon County Historical Society offers monthly programs and preserves local history through SangamonLink (nprillinois.org) — Photographs from 1923 of the Tuxhorn coal mine, described as out toward Mechanicsburg, are among the discoveries shared through SangamonLink, a free online county history resource. A resident of the former mine site contributed the images, illustrating how the Sangamon County Historical Society uses residents’ research and family collections to preserve local stories.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday November 11

• Girls Middle School Basketball @ Lincoln Magnet School
  U S Grant Middle School, 2530 E. Ash, Springfield
  4:30 pm
• Girls Middle School Basketball vs Grant Middle School
  Lincoln Magnet School, 2530 E. Ash, Springfield
  4:30 pm
• Boys 7th Basketball
  Lincoln Magnet School, 2455 Farmingdale Road, Pleasant Plains
  6:00 pm

Thursday November 12

• Girls 7/8th Basketball @ Montessori Academy for Peace
  Benjamin Franklin Middle School, 300 Meadow Terrance Place, Decatur
  4:00 pm

Friday November 13

• Boys Varsity Basketball
  Springfield Southeast High Sch, 2350 E Ash St, Springfield
  6:00 pm

Saturday November 14

• Empower All Abilities Conference
  Springfield SD 186, 2350 E Ash St, Springfield
  8:00 am
• Girls Varsity Wrestling @ Virden (North Mac)
  Springfield High School, 231 West Fortune St., Virden
  8:00 am

Sunday November 15

• MAGIC HUNKS AUSTRALIA TAKEOVER ILLIOPOLIS,IL! →
  Bunkers Bar, 220 Old Route 36, Illiopolis
  7:00 pm

Monday November 16

• Girls 7/8th Basketball vs Springfield Christian School
  Benjamin Franklin Middle School, 1200 Outer Park Dr., Springfield
  4:00 pm
• Girls Middle School Basketball vs Pana Sacred Heart School
  Lincoln Magnet School, 2530 E. Ash, Springfield
  4:30 pm

Tuesday November 17

• Coed Varsity Scholastic Bowl vs Springfield High School
  Springfield Southeast High Sch, 2350 East Ash St, Springfield
  4:30 pm
• Coed Varsity Scholastic Bowl @ Springfield (Southeast)
  Springfield High School, 2350 East Ash St, Springfield
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Constellation Energy posted a job opening for Senior Reactor Operator in Mount Auburn. Apply here.
• Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Team Member in Springfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mechanicsburg here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Riverton

• Enjoy Illinois 300 Winner Kyle Larson and Illinois Native Justin Allgaier Capture NASCAR Championships - World Wide Technology Raceway (wwtraceway.com)

Springfield

• IL Secretary of State's Office hosts Veterans Day celebration (wcia.com)
• Woo Hoo! ‘Simpsons' writers to talk Saturday in Springfield — yes, THIS Springfield (capitolcitynow.com)
• Grand reopening held for The Curve Inn in Springfield about eight months after a damaging fire (route66news.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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