Articles filed under Illinois
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Illini hope beer sales at football games boosts ticket salesAug 19, 2019 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - University of Illinois officials hope the start of beer sales in Memorial Stadium's general seating areas boosts slumping ticket sales for home fo...
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Illinois health officials urge caution with blue-green algaeAug 18, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Environmental officials are urging residents to be cautious of blue-green algae growth along Illinois waterways. Blue-green algae growth, known ...
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Friend remembers black coach slain by white nationalistAug 18, 2019 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - It's been 20 years, and Shawn Parrish still doesn't understand. How could someone kill Ricky Byrdsong? "He was a great man," Parrish said. "You don't...
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EXCHANGE: Enrollment, interest climbing in Parkland programAug 18, 2019 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - In a few years, Kyle Schum will likely set foot in the cockpit of a commercial plane and take a seat in a pilot's chair. But when he graduated a s...
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EXCHANGE: Club played part in Dungeons & Dragons creationAug 18, 2019 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - In an unassuming room tucked in the Student Center on a Saturday, a handful of Southern Illinois University, students made history in the mid-197...
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EXCHANGE: Entrepreneur will give away $100 every day of yearAug 17, 2019 7:00 am - KILDEER, Ill. (AP) - Carolyn Gable learned the joy of giving early. "I remember as a little girl, the neighbor lady had six kids and a brain tumor," says Gable, who volu...
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EXCHANGE: After 45 years, Peoria radio stalwart signing offAug 17, 2019 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Good morning, troops. It's Tuesday, July 30. For close to half a century, Ed Hammond has been there. On your Peoria-area radio dial and just about ev...
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New Illinois license plates to help fight pediatric cancerAug 17, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' newest specialty license plate will raise money to fight pediatric cancer. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Thursday to create th...
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Illinois fair grandstand breaks record for tickets soldAug 16, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Grandstand acts at the Illinois State Fair have broken the record for most tickets sold. Fair officials said Thursday that 59,023 tickets to gra...
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State agency takes aim at Blagojevich's law licenseAug 16, 2019 5:30 am - As former Gov. Rod Blagojevich eagerly awaits news on whether President Donald Trump will commute what's left of his 14-year prison sentence, it appears he may have one ...