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Guilty plea in southwestern Illinois woman's deathJun 19, 2011 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE — A southwestern Illinois man pleaded guilty Monday to killing a woman during an argument, dismembering her body and leaving her remains behind a shopping c...
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Kenosha woman crowned Miss WisconsinJun 19, 2011 11:00 pm - OSHKOSH, Wis. — A Kenosha woman who was the second runner-up in last year's Miss Wisconsin pageant took home the crown on her second try. Laura Kaeppeler was crowned Mis...
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Some Methodist clergy defy gay marriage banJun 19, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — A growing number of pastors in the United Methodist Church say they're no longer willing to obey a church rule that prohibits them from officiating at same-s...
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Brooklyn man shot dead in restaurantJun 19, 2011 11:00 pm - BROOKLYN — Police in southwestern Illinois are investigating the death of a 28-year-old man who was gunned down in a Brooklyn restaurant. Madison County Coroner Stephen ...
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Sudden Milwaukee downpour leads to street closuresJun 19, 2011 11:00 pm - MILWAUKEE — Authorities say all highway on-ramps in downtown Milwaukee have reopened following a sudden downpour that dumped nearly two inches of rain in less than an ho...
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Illinois native comes home to farmJun 19, 2011 6:08 am - By Linda McGurk (Danville) Commercial-News HILLSBORO, Ind. (AP) — When Danville native Kim Crane, 35, and her partner Nick Johnson, 34, started an organic farm near Hill...
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Dispatcher receives 911 call for son’s drowningJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - ROCKTON, Ill. — Tracy Wilson knew her 17-year-old son planned to go fishing at Rock Cut State Park with some friends after football practice. But when Wilson, a 911 disp...
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Education department laptops swiped in PalatineJun 17, 2011 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Education reports two laptop computers containing information on 7,800 special education students and 2,600 teachers from 42 suburban Chicago ...
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Free van, boat on Craigslist a hoaxJun 16, 2011 11:00 pm - SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — A Craigslist ad which offered a free boat and minivan drew plenty of takers to the home of a Sheboygan couple. The only problem was the couple didn't p...
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Man who killed suburban tourist gets life sentenceJun 15, 2011 12:00 am - MIAMI — A South Florida man convicted of fatally shooting an tourist from South suburban Homewood has been sentenced to life in prison. A Miami-Dade judge rejected a jur...