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Man imprisoned for 2 bank holdups

Associated Press
Nov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - BENTON -- A federal judge says a 23-year-old Indiana man should spend more than 38 years in federal prison for robbing two southern Illinois banks. Jacob Messic of Evans...
Downstate town still throwing party

Associated Press
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - GLEN CARBON -- A southwestern Illinois village says it isn't going to play Scrooge with its holiday party at a time when the sagging U.S. economy has many rethinking suc...
Probation in firefighter's freeway death

Associated Press
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - BENTON -- The driver of a Greyhound bus that struck and killed a southern Illinois firefighter has been sentenced to two years of probation as part of a plea deal with p...
Union files third lawsuit over Pontiac prison

Associated Press
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN _ The union that represents workers at a central Illinois prison filed another lawsuit Wednesday trying to stop the state from closing the facility until safet...
Downstate man charged in pitbull attack

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Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - EAST CARONDELET -- A man has been charged with violating a St. Clair County ordinance after his pit bull allegedly attacked an 8-year-old boy on Veteran's Day. St. Clair...
Officials: Manure spill under control

Associated Press
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - AUGUSTA -- Emergency management officials say they're confident no lingering or long-long range problems will result from a massive pig manure spill near the town of Aug...
Settlement reached in housing suit

Associated Press
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - A settlement in a class-action lawsuit is being hailed as a historic move forward for adults with developmental disabilities in Illinois. The state has agreed to help ad...
Man gets 33 years for killing Illinois woman

Associated Press
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - CARLINVILLE _ A judge has sentenced a man to 33 years in prison for the 2003 strangling and beating death of a 22-year-old East Gillespie woman. Twenty-nine-year-old Ant...
Pelican stranded near Rock River

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Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - BARSTOW -- Help may be on the way for a lone pelican stranded in Rock Island County for several weeks after some 50 others in its flock flew south. It's been seen swimmi...
State has $4 billion in unpaid bills

Associated Press
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The state of Illinois' backlog of unpaid bills has climbed to nearly $4 billion -- the largest total in state history. Comptroller Daniel Hynes warned on ...

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