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Man charged in 1957 Sycamore murder faces fugitive chargeJul 05, 2011 11:00 pm - SEATTLE — A former police officer arrested in the 1957 killing of an Illinois girl was charged Wednesday with being a fugitive, a charge designed to keep him in custody ...
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Pilot error blamed in double-fatal plane crashJul 05, 2011 11:00 pm - CAHOKIA, Ill. — Pilot error and nothing mechanical caused year's fiery crash of a small plane that slammed into a southwestern Illinois house and hanger in rain and fog,...
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Trial begins in Williamson County shooting deathJul 05, 2011 11:00 pm - MARION — A southern Illinois murder trial is under way for a man accused in another man's shooting death. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports that jury selectio...
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Ill. police: No charges in fatal bike accidentJul 05, 2011 11:00 pm - JERSEYVILLE — Illinois State Police won't pursue charges against a motorist who hit and killed a Missouri bicyclist last weekend in southwestern Illinois' Jersey County....
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Body found in Ind. river not missing studentJul 04, 2011 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS — A coroner says that a badly decomposed body found in an Indianapolis river isn't that of a missing Indiana University student or a great-grandmother from ...
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State treasurer to offer bank vault toursJul 04, 2011 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Visitors to the Illinois State Capitol will soon get the chance to walk through an old bank vault. Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford is offering tour...
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Blindness leads to music careerJul 04, 2011 11:00 pm - ROCKTON — Anthony Billups sat blind and alone in a Nashville, Tenn., hospital room, a handful of CDs and a hardly-used guitar by his bedside. A former star pitcher for t...
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Purdue student's body found in N. Indiana lakeJul 04, 2011 11:00 pm - MONTICELLO — The body of Purdue University student has been found in a northern Indiana lake two days after he was last seen going swimming during a party with friends. ...
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Crowd fires on Ill. authorities with fireworksJul 04, 2011 11:00 pm - PEORIA — Peoria police and firefighters trying to get to a trash bin fire at a public housing complex say they were fired on with commercial-grade fireworks and pelted w...
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Pontiac woman dies after being struck by SUVJul 04, 2011 11:00 pm - PONTIAC — Police in north-central Illinois are investigating the death of a 59-year-old woman who died after being hit by an SUV while walking in downtown Pontiac. Peori...