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New Illinois tollway chief quits

Associated Press
Dec 17, 2008 10:00 pm - The new Illinois Tollway chief is out after less than a month on the job. Jeffrey Dailey's resignation on Wednesday comes at a tumultuous time in state government follow...
41 years given in kidnapping, murder

Associated Press
Dec 16, 2008 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A judge says a Missourian accused of kidnapping and fatally beating a southern Illinois man whose body was found last year on a vacant Missouri lot shoul...
Police investigate threat found at WIU

Associated Press
Dec 16, 2008 10:00 pm - MACOMB -- Western Illinois University police are investigating a threatening note found in the school's library. It's the second such threat at the university this year....
Central Illinois house fire kills 2

Associated Press
Dec 16, 2008 10:00 pm - GALESBURG - A fire that swept through a central Illinois home has killed two people. Galesburg Fire Chief John Cratty says the Tuesday morning fire killed a parent and a...
Another suburb reaches deal with CN

Associated Press
Dec 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Suburban Frankfort has joined the growing list of communities to make a deal with the company vying to buy the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway. Canadian National has a...
Judge: Man insane, not guilty in mother's death

Associated Press
Dec 16, 2008 10:00 pm - MARION -- A Marion man apparently won't be serving any prison time in the stabbing death of his housemate. A Williamson County judge has found 25-year-old James Ichard n...
Jackson Jr. says he cooperated with feds on governor probe

By Don Babwin Associated Press
Dec 16, 2008 10:00 pm - Shortly after his 2002 election, Gov. Rod Blagojevich told U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson he'd planned to appoint Jackson's wife as state lottery director but didn't because th...
Blagojevich attorney trying to get taxpayers to foot his tab

By John Patterson Daily Herald Staff
Dec 16, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich wants taxpayers to pay for the high-profile defense lawyer he hired to represent him in state lawmakers impeachment proceedings. His ...
Obama Senate seat getting cold fast

By Joseph Ryan and John Patterson Daily Herald Staff
Dec 16, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A special election for the U.S. Senate seat - the one Gov. Rod Blagojevich is accused of trying to sell - appeared in serious doubt after lawmakers adjourn...
Potential top education official is Obama neighbor

Associated Press
Dec 15, 2008 10:00 pm - The man Barack Obama is said to have tapped to become secretary of education is from the president-elect's homecourt in more ways than one. Arne Duncan is not only a fel...

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