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State DCFS racking up OT after layoffs

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services says it needs child-abuse investigators working overtime to make up for workers it lays off amid b...
Body found in car in Davenport

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Davenport police say the discovery of a woman's body inside a car is being investigated as a homicide. The body was found in the back seat of the car ...
Nativity scene coming to state Capitol for first time in two decades

By Joseph Ryan Daily Herald Staff
Nov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - For the first time in at least two decades, a Nativity scene will stand in the state Capitol building over the holiday season. A Springfield-based committee received a s...
DCFS cuts jobs, not workload

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The state's child-welfare agency, preparing to cut almost 200 employees amid a budget crisis, says it needs remaining staff members punching in on overtim...
State budget crashing; governor looks to feds, lenders, cuts

By Joseph Ryan Daily Herald Staff
Nov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - With an ever-widening budget gap of $2 billion, Gov. Rod Blagojevich is seeking sweeping authority to cut state programs, including education. "Today we have more diffi...
Group formed to fix Illinois' public schools

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A group of prominent Illinois politicians have announced they want to fix the state's public school system. Called Advance Illinois, the organization is c...
State, counties see drops in crime during 2007

By Barbara Vitello
Nov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Last year, a crime took place on average once every 69 seconds in Illinois. A violent crime took place once every 7 minutes, 29 seconds. A property crime occurred every ...
AG Madigan: 'Less than zero' chance for Senate nod

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says the chance is "less than zero" that Gov. Rod Blagojevich will offer her President-elect Barack Obama's former seat in the U.S...
Man charged in bar shooting arrested in Illinois

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - KENOSHA, Wis. -- Police in Wisconsin say they've caught up with a man wanted for a fatal shooting outside a Kenosha bar at an Illinois hospital. David Hall remains under...
Police find dead Decatur woman's children

Associated Press
Nov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - QUINCY -- Police have found two Decatur children, who were reported missing after their mother was found dead in her central Illinois home. Police say they found the sta...

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