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Downstate man charged in pitbull attack

Associated Press
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

Associated Press
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 ...
Economy, smoking ban snuff casino profits

By John Patterson Daily Herald Staff
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A sinking economy and state smoking ban have combined to torpedo Illinois casinos, whose take from gamblers plummeted more than 25 percent last month compa...
Obama to give up Senate seat this Sunday

Associated Press
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that he will resign from the Senate effective Sunday. In a statement, the junior Illinois senator called his four-year term "...
Cops: Downstate racetrack robbed

Associated Press
Nov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - COLLINSVILLE -- Authorities are trying to pinpoint who robbed a southwestern Illinois horse-racing track. Police in Collinsville say someone armed with a handgun held up...
Judge dismisses U.S. Rep. Davis' traffic ticket

Associated Press
Nov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - A judge has dismissed a 2007 traffic ticket issued to U.S. Rep. Danny Davis. The Democratic congressman from Illinois had protested the ticket, claiming it was the resul...

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