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State investigating all-time lows in high school test scores

Associated Press
Nov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Education officials plan to hire an independent auditor to look into why Illinois high school students posted all-time low scores on an achievement exam. ...
Episcopal Diocese chooses moderate bishop

Associated Press
Nov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - WHEELING, Ill. -- A moderate church leader, the Rev. Jeffrey Lee, was elected the 12th Bishop of Chicago at the diocese convention Saturday, defeating seven other candid...
Downstate banker with 'Robin Hood' complex sentenced to federal prison

Associated Press
Nov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - PEORIA -- A former bank executive who reportedly had a "Robin Hood" complex has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for improperly taking money from some accou...
Allegations resurface over Blagojevich donations

Associated Press
Nov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Published reports say the Illinois State Police have reopened an investigation into whether a fundraiser illegally pressured a pharmacy owner to donate $25,000 to the ca...
FAA: O'Hare flight caps not decided yet

Associated Press
Nov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - The Federal Aviation Administration said a cap on flights into O'Hare International Airport won't necessarily be lifted instantly next year when a new runway is schedul...
Explosions, fire severely damage Springfield power plant

Associated Press
Nov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A series of explosions followed by a spectacular wind-whipped fire did extensive damage at Springfield's main power plant late Saturday, but caused no inj...
State wants every gambler carded

By Rob Olmstead Daily Herald Staff
Nov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - For years, critics have called the Illinois Gaming Board's self-exclusion program for problem gamblers a joke. The program invited gambling addicts to sign up to be excl...
Officer's ex-wife to be exhumed

Associated Press
Nov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Authorities probing the disappearance of a Bolingbrook police officer's wife said Friday the case has shifted from a missing persons investigation to a potential homicid...
Downstate groomer pleads not guilty to poisoning dogs

Associated Press
Nov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. -- A central Illinois dog groomer has pleaded not guilty to charges she used antifreeze-laced hamburger meat to poison two dogs owned by a competitor. ...
War posters on display at Lincoln library

Associated Press
Nov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- In the days before television, U.S. propaganda in support of war fell to painters and photographers. The memorable images from war posters in the first ha...

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