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Rock Island man gets 40 years for stabbing death

Associated Press
Aug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - ROCK ISLAND _ A Rock Island man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the stabbing death of his girlfriend, whose body was found on New Year's Day 2007. Forty-fo...
Freshmen aps up sharply at Illinois State

Associated Press
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NORMAL -- Applications for a place in this fall's freshmen class at Illinois State University are up to about 14,000, 11 percent over last year. Part of the reason may n...
State to commemorate Lincoln-Douglas debates

Associated Press
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - FREEPORT -- This is the "Pretzel City," thanks to German bakers who settled here in the 1850s. It's appropriate, given the way a lightweight named Abraham Lincoln twiste...
Downstate cops catch Colo. jail escapee

Associated Press
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Police in eastern Illinois say they've captured a man wanted since his escape from a Colorado prison in 1997. Champaign police say they arrested Aaron Smith...
Illinois boy trapped alone on runaway boat

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Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. _ Parents from northeast Illinois said Thursday they watched helplessly as their 4-year-old son was trapped alone on a runaway boat on Lake Michigan f...
Invasive snail found in Lake Michigan causing worries

Associated Press
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Scientists worry that a rapidly reproducing, tiny invasive snail recently found in Lake Michigan could hurt the lake's ecosystem. The New Zealand mud snail ...
State Republicans' dream agenda: fight tax increases, look for tax breaks

By John Patterson Daily Herald Staff
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - If Republicans ran state government, they say they'd make it harder to raise taxes, fast track property tax relief and make it easier to kick unpopular pol...
State budget cuts mean layoffs

Associated Press
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias has laid off six employees and will require others to take time off without pay to deal with budget cuts, officials said...
Illinois unemployment highest in 15 years

Associated Press
Aug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois' unemployment rate has increased to its highest level since September 1993. The Illinois Department of Employment Security says July's rate of 7....
Democratic infighting continues at state fair

By John Patterson Daily Herald Staff
Aug 13, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Not even a former United Nations ambassador could quell feuding among Illinois Democrats Wednesday. With former diplomat and current New Mexico governor Bi...

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