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Group: 5 deaths highlight need to close facility

Associated Press
Feb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Advocates for disabled citizens are questioning the deaths of five patients at a Tinley Park disability center. They plan a news conference Tuesday to ren...
Man arrested in 2007 murder of mother

Feb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- A southern Illinois man has been charged with first-degree murder in the 2007 death of a 21-year-old mother of two young children. Carbondale police say 24...
Durbin: Stimulus must be big to boost economy

Associated Press
Feb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Democrat Dick Durbin urged his fellow U.S. senators Monday to approve a stimulus package big enough to get the job done the first time, saying he fears th...
Inmate charged in Champaign killings

Associated Press
Feb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - URBANA -- A 51-year-old Iowa prison inmate has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of a Champaign couple. Russell Lee Pitcher is the third person charged...
Blagojevich headed back to national TV, this time on Fox News

Associated Press
Feb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Rod Blagojevich will be live from New York, again. This time, the former Illinois governor will sit down Wednesday night with conservative Fox News talk show host Sean H...
How suburban school construction plays out in stimulus debate

By Nicole Milstead Daily Herald Staff
Feb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A handful of suburban schools whose construction funding has been stalled for years by Illinois political fighting now find their promised millions part of...
Eastern Ill. couple accused again of fraud

Associated Press
Feb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - WATSEKA -- An eastern Illinois man already facing federal fraud charges now is accused in state court of defrauding a former grain elevator's stockholders of more than $...
No lol. Lawmakers target texting motorists

By John Patterson Senior State Government Editor
Feb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois took the first step toward outlawing texting and driving Monday with a state House committee unanimously supporting such a ban. "We want to ban te...
Legislators to push for concealed weapon law

Associated Press
Feb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Several members of the General Assembly say they will again try to pass legislation allowing Illinois residents to carry concealed weapons. The legislator...
Feds worried state lacks staffing to take on big stimulus bill projects

Associated Press
Feb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Federal officials worry Illinois' Department of Transportation is too understaffed to take on major projects that could be included in a federal stimulus...

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