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Blago trial delays action on state's real woes

Associated Press
Jan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- While the Illinois Senate zeros in on Gov. Rod Blagojevich in a historic impeachment trial, other vital state issues are being shoved aside. There will be...
Fertility center opens at SIU

Jan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The medical school at Southern Illinois University in Springfield has opened a new fertility center. Three SIU faculty physicians and three senior laborat...
Freight train derails near Kankakee County town of Grant Park

Associated Press
Jan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Authorities say about 20 cars of a freight train derailed near the small Kankakee County town of Grant Park, about 50 miles south of Chicago. There were no reports of in...
Local lawmaker targets puppy mills

Associated Press
Jan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Two Illinois area lawmakers are pushing legislation aimed at cracking down on puppy mills. Chicago Rep. John Fritchey and Sen. Dan Kotowski of Mt. Prospect announced the...
Durbin doubts Bush will help ex-Gov. Ryan

By John Patterson and Joseph Ryan Daily Herald Staff
Jan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - As President George W. Bush was set to leave office late Monday, it seemed former Gov. George Ryan's hope to be freed from jail would depart with him. If a...
Former Marine arrested in 1972 murder case

Associated Press
Jan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - DANVILLE -- A 56-year-old central Illinois man awaits extradition to North Carolina to face allegations he participated in the 1972 shooting death of a Camp Lejeune Mari...
Ill. factory lays off 26 percent of work force

Associated Press
Jan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - WOOD RIVER -- A railroad repair company in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis says it's been hit by the automobile industry's decline and must lay off 31 workers. Manager S...
Springfield reports power consumption record

Associated Press
Jan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD --The recent blast of subzero winter weather is causing record power consumption in Springfield. Springfield, City Water, Light and Power says the state's ca...
Uof I endowment drops $400 million

Associated Press
Jan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Officials say the University of Illinois' endowment fund has dropped nearly 30 percent in value, or about $400 million, since the summer. In June, the fund ...
7,000-pound forklift traps Normal worker

Associated Press
Jan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - NORMAL -- Officials in central Illinois say firefighters were forced to inflate air bags to raise a 7,000-pound forklift that trapped a factory worker. Officials aren't ...

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