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Construction begins on Joliet transportation hubSep 21, 2012 4:13 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn has broken ground on a transportation hub in downtown Joliet. Quinn and Illinois Transportation Secretary Ann Schneider attended the ceremony on Friday mo...
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Ind. woman, 3 others charged in Amish attacksSep 21, 2012 10:08 am - BERNE, Ind. — Four northern Indiana residents are facing felony charges in connection with a series of attacks and robberies on local Amish traveling in horse-drawn bugg...
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Deer malady suspected in 40-plus Ind. countiesSep 21, 2012 7:25 am - INDIANAPOLIS — A deadly virus has killed deer in at least four Indiana counties and is suspected in dozens more. Indiana Department of Natural Resources biologist Chad S...
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Vaughn found guilty of killing familySep 20, 2012 3:00 pm - Jurors deliberating for less than an hour convicted an Oswego computer specialist of murder Thursday in the deaths of his wife and three school-aged kids during what he ...
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Gary workers used sick days in avoiding fumesSep 20, 2012 7:42 am - GARY, Ind. — Gary city workers who stayed home to avoid workplace paint fumes that sickened some of them used their sick days, not workers’ compensation, in taking that ...
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Southern Indiana to get new phone area codeSep 20, 2012 6:45 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Southern Indiana’s 812 area code is due to run out of telephone numbers by 2015. The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor says the telecommuni...
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Fort Wayne contests Sen. Kirk video on Great Lakes pollutionSep 19, 2012 8:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A Fort Wayne utility official says a video an Illinois lawmaker’s office posted on YouTube about the city’s Great Lakes pollution impact is “patently ...
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Indiana man convicted in gruesome slaying set for releaseSep 19, 2012 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A southern Indiana man convicted in a Bloomington woman’s gruesome 1986 slaying and dismemberment is set for release this week from a state prison. R...
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High school coach fired for writing sex bookSep 18, 2012 8:33 pm - A suburban high school girls basketball coach has lost his job for writing a self-published book that includes graphic sexual content. The Rich Township High School Dist...
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Diocese reverses decision to reinstate priestSep 18, 2012 6:06 pm - The Joliet Diocese has reversed itself and revoked the reinstatement of an Illinois priest who was suspended in 2010 after allegations he had a sexual relationship with ...