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Letter addressed to Obama has suspicious powder

Associated Press
Dec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Two Springfield office buildings were locked down Monday after a letter addressed to President-elect Barack Obama was found to contain a suspicious powder...
Layoffs threatened at Interlake

Associated Press
Dec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - PONTIAC -- About 260 employees of a central Illinois storage-rack factory are at risk of losing their jobs, in what would be the latest blow to the community of Pontiac....
Making history for better or worse

Daily Herald Staff Report
Dec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois politics reached the highest of highs in November, when Illinoisan Barack Obama became the nation's first African-American president. They reached the lowest of...
Inmates recaptured after rare youth prison break

By James Fuller
Dec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - A combination of county, state and local police joined Illinois Department of Corrections staff in collaring two juveniles Monday afternoon to end a manhunt that began w...
Rain, runoff pushing Illinois rivers to flood

Associated Press
Dec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Last week's snow and ice created new problems on Monday as melting drifts swelled creeks and rivers around Illinois. Water overran banks in many areas but h...
Police talk to man in Illinois standoff

Associated Press
Dec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. -- Extradition proceedings began Monday for a man who is accused of killing his girlfriend in Nebraska, then getting into a standoff with police at a...
Blagojevich attorney: No reason to impeach

By John Patterson Daily Herald Staff
Dec 29, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Denied in his attempts to subpoena key Obama insiders, Gov. Rod Blagojevich's attorney called no witnesses Monday to defend the governor and instead used h...
Feds look to release Blago tapes

Associated Press
Dec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald wants lawmakers to hear what Gov. Rod Blagojevich says on wiretapped phone calls. Fitzgerald filed paperwork Monday to release conversat...
Lincoln library acquires Civil War letters

Associated Press
Dec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A collection of letters and sketches penned by a Civil War soldier has been acquired by Springfield's Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. The correspond...
Kankakee records first homicide of 2008

Associated Press
Dec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - KANKAKEE -- Less than a week before the end of the year, police in the north-central Illinois community of Kankakee have recorded their first homicide of 2008. Kankakee ...

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