Illinois
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Man gets probation in stockpiled guns case
Feb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - A Jefferson County man who authorities say was found stockpiling guns and ammunition in his southern Illinois home has been sentenced to two years of probation. Fifty-fo...
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Grafton to clean mold out of police station
Feb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - GRAFTON -- The City Council in the Jersey County community of Grafton has agreed to spend thousands of dollars to eradicate mold contamination in the Grafton Police Depa...
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Witnesses: Cop looked like robbery suspect
Feb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Investigators on the case of a Carbondale police officer accused of robbing a bank once joked during the probe that the patrolman looked like the suspect shown in survei...
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Former GOP leader Watson retiring from Senate
Feb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Former Illinois Senate Minority Leader Frank Watson is retiring to focus on recovering from an October stroke. The 63-year-old Greenville Republican will ...
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Pella scaling back hours at Ill. plant
Feb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - SIOUX CENTER, Iowa -- A second round of layoffs has hit a Pella Corp. plant in Sioux Center in northwest Iowa. The company says 86 workers have been laid off. Pella spok...
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It could be time to keep clutter out of governmentJan 31, 2009 10:00 pm - Welcome to the governor's office, Pat Quinn. We hope you make good on your promise to clean up state government. Maybe you could start with your own desk? A recent phot...
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What Gov. Quinn means for the suburbsJan 31, 2009 10:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn, a Hinsdale native and tax attorney, needs the suburbs and their future now partially rests with him. Here is a closer look: What Quinn means for the subu...
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Who is Pat Quinn and what kind of governor will he be?Jan 31, 2009 10:00 pm - Pat Quinn is not supposed to be "The Man." He started his political career in the 1970s with resounding "boos" when he entered the state House. Back then he was a disgra...
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Remains found in Wisconsin tent identified as Illinois man
Jan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - MARINETTE, Wis. -- Mummified remains found in Marinette in November have been identified as those of a 47-year-old Illinois man. Marinette County Coroner George Smith id...
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With Blagojevich gone, suburban senators turn focus to new lawsJan 30, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - When several suburban communities learned the state wouldn't be able to help them get road salt as it always had, they were left scrambling to find it else...