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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 ...
Blago impeachment inquiry shifts to contracts, policies

Bloomberg News
Dec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Governor Rod Blagojevich's impeachment inquiry will examine $1.1 billion in state contracts for campaign supporters and his policy decisions after federal prosecutors de...
State hopes people send Honest Abe B-day cards

Associated Press
Dec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A "Happy 200th Birthday" card is tough to find. But that's just what the Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission is looking for. The agency is as...
Quinn: Blagojevich out by Lincoln's 200th birthday

Associated Press
Dec 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn said he is certain scandal-plagued Gov. Rod Blagojevich will be out of office by Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial birthday celebration Feb. 12, 2009. Qu...

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