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Parents pull kids from day care as money tightens

Associated Press
Nov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - The nation's economic troubles play out one family at a time at the New Horizons Learning Center in Rockford. Some parents have been laid off and must pull their childre...
Voters push change at White House, but not statehouse

By John Patterson and Joseph Ryan Daily Herald Staff
Nov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Suburban voters turned out in droves to back Barack Obama's message of "change" last week, but on the state front, they sent back to Springfield nearly all...
Whooping cough outbreak in Rockford area

Associated Press
Nov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Winnebago County has had 38 cases of whooping cough since the end of October, compared to just one case in all of last year. The northern Illinois county's health depart...
3 corpses found inside Evanston home

Nov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - EVANSTON _ Authorities say three people found dead today inside a house in suburban Chicago were dead "for some time." Evanston police said Friday that a preliminary inv...
Duckworth: I'd fill Obama's Senate seat, serve his administration

Associated Press
Nov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois' Veterans Affairs director says she'd be honored to serve in the U.S. Senate if Gov. Rod Blagojevich taps her to fill Barack Obama's seat. Tammy Duckworth also ...
Illinois gets almost $39 mil in federal flood aid

Associated Press
Nov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Officials say more than 16,000 families, individuals and businesses have been approved for nearly $39 million in federal aid following September flooding and storms in n...
Union: State didn't bargain before Pontiac layoffs

Associated Press
Nov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - The union that represents employees at a central Illinois prison filed a lawsuit Friday to try to block the state from laying off workers as officials move ahead with pl...
Alton woman accused of killing mother found unfit

Associated Press
Nov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - GODFREY _ An Alton woman accused of strangling her 86-year-old mother, then hiding the carpet-wrapped body under a wood pile has been found unfit to stand trial. Associa...
Rock Island correctional officer charged with misconduct

Associated Press
Nov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - ROCK ISLAND _ Authorities say a veteran Rock Island County correctional officer has been charged with accepting money from an inmate who wanted it to appear a weekend ja...
GOP Sen. Bill Brady will run for governor

Associated Press
Nov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois legislative races ended just this week, but it's not too soon for politicians to get in place for the 2010 gubernatorial contest. Bloomington...

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