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Lawmakers have little to do as clock ticks on budget

Associated Press
Jun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Tuesday searching for some way to fill a $9.2 billion hole in the state budget. The date may be the only thin...
DNR restricts boating on Rock River

Associated Press
Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Citing rising water, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is restricting boating on the Rock River in several counties in the northern part of state. The restric...
3 die in small plane crash in Iowa

Associated Press
Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Federal Aviation Administration says three people have died in a single engine plane crash near the northwest Iowa town of Sheldon. FAA spokesman...
Illinois among 13 states to reach deal with mortgage firm

Associated Press
Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - JACKSON, Miss. -- A Florida-based firm has agreed to pay Mississippi and 13 other states, incuding Illnois, $9 million to help them oversee the company's mortgage lendin...
Blagojevich fundraiser Kelly gets 37 months in tax fraud case

Daily Herald Staff Report
Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Christopher G. Kelly, a fundraiser for indicted ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for trying to deceive the U.S. Internal Revenu...
Proft announces GOP run for governor

Associated Press
Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Conservative Republican Dan Proft is running for Illinois governor. A political commentator on WLS radio, Proft announced Tuesday he's in the race because Illinois needs...
Police officer jailed for alleged sex crimes

Associated Press
Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A 22-year veteran of the Springfield police department has been arrested and charged for alleged sex crimes. Kevin Barrington was arrested Sunday night at...
Protesting bicyclist killed on cross-country ride

Associated Press
Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- A Calif. man riding his bicycle across the country to protest government bailouts has been struck and killed by a suspected drunken driver in Illi...
Downstate dad accused of putting toddler in dryer

Associated Press
Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A 21-year-old southern Illinois man was arrested on Father's Day after allegedly putting his 2-year-old son in a clothes dryer and burning him on the che...
Local lawmakers call special budget meeting 'bizarre'

By John Patterson Daily Herald Staff
Jun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Against the backdrop of thousands of people who rely on state services descending on the state Capitol to protest budget cuts, lawmakers return today under...

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