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With budget ax in hand, governor orders lawmakers back to Capitol

By John Patterson and Rob Olmstead Daily Herald Staff
Jul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday ordered lawmakers back to the Capitol next week, demanding they come up with more money so he won't have to cut programs ...
State misses deadline to close Pontiac prison

Associated Press
Jul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A state senator says the Illinois Department of Corrections has missed a deadline to file paperwork outlining its plan to close the aging Pontiac Correcti...
Suspect in two-state killing spree transferred

Associated Press
Jul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - A man suspected in a killing spree that left eight people dead has been transferred to Knox County, where he's accused of killing a 65-year-old Galesburg man. Knox Count...
County to breach levee to let out water

Associated Press
Jul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - GLADSTONE -- Officials of Henderson County say they plan to cut holes in a levee near Gulfport to allow the water covering 28,000 acres of farmland to flow back into the...
Downstate man arrested for caging children

Associated Press
Jul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Police in suburban Chicago say a father has admitted locking his two young children in a cage in his pickup truck. Ricardo Gonzalez of Midlothian was arrested after offi...
Ex-coach cleared of sexual abuse

Associated Press
Jul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A former Metro East high school football coach found in a car with a female student has been found innocent of sexual abuse. Thomas Pagliaro was tried in...
Man suspected in 8 slayings captured at downstate bar

Associated Press
Jul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - GRANITE CITY -- An ex-convict suspected in a grisly killing spree that left eight people in two states dead within a matter of days was well known to his hometown police...
State's minimum wage rises to $7.75 per hour

Associated Press
Jul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Minimum-wage workers in Illinois are getting a 25-cent hourly boost in pay, to $7.75 per hour. The raise took effect Tuesday. It is the second in a four-st...
Five people shot outside Bellwood home

Associated Press
Jul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - BELLWOOD -- Five people were shot as they stood outside a house in the west suburban Bellwood. Bellwood police spokesman Richard Blass said an unknown person from across...
Court rebuffs ex-Daley aides

Associated Press
Jul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Mayor Richard M. Daley's former patronage chief and two other former city officials lost their bid Tuesday for an unusual hearing by all of Chicago's actively sitting fe...

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