All Stories from July 31, 2013 (Change date)
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Repair work under way at governor’s mansionJul 31, 2013 4:17 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Renovations are under way at the Illinois governor’s mansion, even though the 158-year-old home hasn’t been used much during the past two administrations. ...
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Green Bay council votes down saggy pants banJul 31, 2013 4:17 pm - GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay City Council has decided against imposing a ban on saggy pants in the city. Even the alderman who proposed the idea voted against it at ...
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Zion man gets life in prisonJul 31, 2013 4:16 pm - A Zion man has been sentenced to life in prison for a 2004 shooting that killed two North Chicago residents. The (Waukegan) News-Sun reported Zion resident March Brown w...
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3 hurt after Chicago water tank falls 100 feetJul 31, 2013 4:15 pm - Three people were hurt after a century-old wooden water tank plummeted 10 stories off a Chicago apartment building, crashing to the ground below. Chicago Fire Department...
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Quinn says Madigan, Cullerton should vote, not sueJul 31, 2013 4:15 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn says if lawmakers don’t like his decision to halt their pay they should take a vote instead of going to the courts. The Chicago Democrat spoke to reporter...
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Illinois lawmakers may miss first check ThursdayJul 31, 2013 4:15 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers were set to lose their paychecks Thursday barring a court’s intervention, but there still appeared to be no end in sight to a stalemate ...
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Rare triplet calves born on Wisconsin dairy farmJul 31, 2013 4:14 pm - FOOTVILLE, Wis. — Wisconsin dairy farmer Steve Case knew his pregnant cow had been acting strangely, but nothing prepared Case for the sight that greeted him when he res...
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Fairfield Road to one lane near Route 176Jul 31, 2013 4:09 pm - On Thursday, Aug. 1, weather permitting, traffic on Fairfield Road north of Route 176 will be reduced to one lane to install a new storm sewer crossing. The work will st...
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Rolling Meadows joins National Night Out programJul 31, 2013 4:05 pm - After a nearly five-year hiatus, Rolling Meadows will bring together the community and its law enforcement officials for the city’s National Night Out on Aug. 6. It is o...
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About 130 to lose jobs in Woodstock with printing company closingJul 31, 2013 4:00 pm - A printer in Woodstock is closing and putting about 130 people out of work. McHenry County Workforce Network Director Julie Courtney tells The Northwest Herald that D.B....