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Obama honors Lincoln's vision of a union

Associated Press
Feb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Summoning the pride of a nation, President Barack Obama paid fond tribute Thursday to Abraham Lincoln by challenging people to embrace his vision of a col...
DNA links dead man to 1984 Decatur killings

Associated Press
Feb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - DECATUR -- DNA testing has determined that a man who died more than five years ago killed and sexually assaulted two young Decatur girls on Halloween night in 1984, poli...
Obama plans to pitch stimulus at E. Peoria Caterillar plant

Associated Press
Feb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - EAST PEORIA -- President Barack Obama plans to push his plan for a sweeping economic stimulus bill during a stop at Caterpillar Inc. factory in his home state. Obama is ...
State soldier killed in Afghanistan misidentified

Associated Press
Feb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Military officials say a central Illinois soldier killed this week in Afghanistan had married and moved to a new town during a leave before his deployment, causing them ...
Fox's Sean Hannity says media 'too easy' on Blagojevich

Associated Press
Feb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Fox News' conservative talk show host Sean Hannity says interviewers have been "too easy" on ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich. In an interview that aired Wednesday night, Han...
Autopsy shows Danville teens drowned in pond

Associated Press
Feb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - DANVILLE -- Autopsies show that two eastern Illinois boys whose bodies were found in a frozen retention pond drowned. Vermilion County Coroner Peggy Johnson says no inju...
Actor Sam Shepard pleads guilty to DUI in Bloomington

Associated Press
Feb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- Actor and playwright Sam Shepard pleaded guilty Wednesday to speeding and drunken driving charges in central Illinois. Shepard apologized to McLean County...
Lincoln, Illinois city clerk resigns under cloud

Associated Press
Feb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - LINCOLN -- A fraud investigation has prompted the resignation of Lincoln's city clerk. Mayor Beth Davis-Kavelman said Tuesday she accepted Melanie RiggsÃ‚' resignation a...
Appeal delays Belleville triple-murder trial

Associated Press
Feb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- A prosecutor has appealed a judge's ruling regarding testimony in the trial of a man accused of killing three people at a Belleville beauty salon. Assistan...
Should Blago get an official mug at Capitol?

By Dan Carden Daily Herald Staff
Feb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Rod Blagojevich's name has been scrubbed from state Web sites, scraped from office doors, and stripped from tollway signs. If he ever stops making TV appea...

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