Articles filed under Illinois
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Toby Keith tops 1st round of acts for Illinois State FairFeb 01, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Country music star Toby Keith will hit the grandstand at the Illinois State Fair this summer, officials announced last week. The multi-platinum...
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Judge OKs removal of sex offenders from Aurora halfway houseJan 31, 2020 6:00 am - AURORA, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois judge ruled Friday the city of Aurora can force the removal of registered sex offenders from a halfway house that is less than 50...
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Man convicted for second time in death of 3-year-old boyJan 31, 2020 6:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois man has been convicted a second time in the 2011 beating death of a 3-year-old boy. Thomas Albea's first conviction in 2015 on...
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Couple in Hoffman Estates hospital are first U.S. case of person-to-person coronavirus spreadJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - Health officials confirmed Thursday that the first U.S. case of person-to-person transmission of coronavirus has occurred between a Chicago woman and her husband, who ar...
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Secretary of state no longer will forward 16-year-olds' info to voter registration systemJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - While the information for approximately 4,700 16-year-olds was forwarded from the Illinois secretary of state's office to the State Board of Elections as p...
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Illinois ethics laws among the weakest in the nation, legislators toldJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Government reform advocates told a panel of state lawmakers Thursday that Illinois has some of the weakest governmental ethics rules in the country and tha...
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Plane crash killed former Springfield mayor, coronerJan 29, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Former Springfield, Illinois, Mayor Frank Edwards and his wife, Sangamon County Coroner Cinda Edwards, were two of the three people killed when ...
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Ex-East St. Louis official sentenced for official misconductJan 29, 2020 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A former East St. Louis, Illinois administrator and City Council member was sentenced Wednesday to 30 months of probation and a $500 fine for pub...
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NIU dropping standardized tests in undergraduate admissionsJan 29, 2020 6:00 am - DEKALB. Ill. (AP) - Northern Illinois University announced Wednesday it will eliminate the use of standardized tests in undergraduate admissions and merit scholarship de...
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Suburban legislators' reactions to Pritzker's speechJan 29, 2020 12:00 am - Republicans Sen. John Curran of Downers Grove: “While the governor did a good job of highlighting some of our state's positives and recent successes, the agenda he ...