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Ill. veterans department hosting resource forumsAug 09, 2011 11:00 pm - WOODSTOCK — Illinois veterans can get one-stop shopping when it comes to help with their benefits. The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs is hosting free forums th...
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Boehner to fundraise for Schock in IllinoisAug 09, 2011 11:00 pm - PEORIA — Another high-profile Republican is coming to central Illinois to fundraise for U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock. The Journal Star in Peoria reports Wednesday ( http://bit...
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Route 66 site seeks restoration aidAug 09, 2011 11:00 pm - NORMAL — Terri Ryburn's love affair with Route 66 started when she was only 5 and her family traveled from Bloomington to California on the Mother Road. They all piled i...
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Man gets probation for stabbing friend in neckAug 09, 2011 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE — A judge in southwestern Illinois has sentenced a 37-year-old man to 30 months of probation for stabbing a friend in the neck during a night of drinking. Pro...
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Man to get $6.33 million in priest-abuse caseAug 09, 2011 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE — A nine-year legal fight by a man sexually abused by a priest in the 1970s is over, now that a southern Illinois diocese and its insurer have handed over $6....
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Boy says fish that got away looked like a footAug 09, 2011 11:00 pm - WAUKEGAN — A boy fishing in the northern Illinois community of Antioch is telling authorities that he thinks he was reeling in a human foot before his catch fell back in...
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Man gets probation for mailed substance to familyAug 09, 2011 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS — A southwestern Illinois man who threatened a family with a white substance he mailed them with a letter saying they should seek immediate medical treatm...
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1 in 4 Peoria public school students suspendedAug 09, 2011 11:00 pm - PEORIA — Almost one in every four students in the Peoria school district was suspended at least one time last year and officials say that total is down from previous yea...
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Beyers named new southwestern Ill. judgeAug 09, 2011 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE — A former prosecutor in southwestern Illinois' Madison County is now a judge. Judges in the state's Third Judicial Circuit voted Ben Beyers to be Ellar Duf...
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Girl Scouts sell western Illinois campAug 09, 2011 11:00 pm - MOUNT STERLING — The Girl Scouts of Central Illinois has sold a 1,000-acre camp in western Illinois. The Quincy Herald-Whig reports ( http://bit.ly/qMaM2u ) that the Gir...