Articles filed under Illinois
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Schools now allowed to use e-learning on emergency daysJun 10, 2019 1:00 am - School districts statewide now can use snow days and other emergency days for e-learning, according to new legislation signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday. That means...
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EXCHANGE: Business owners coordinate assets of Route 66Jun 09, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Long before he opened Route 66 Motorheads Bar and Grill on Springfield's southern edge last year, Ron Metzger was among the few keeping Springfi...
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EXCHANGE: Man has become known as social media's History GuyJun 09, 2019 7:00 am - O'FALLON, Ill. (AP) - Lance Geiger's idea of a good time is doing research on something that happened 50 or 100 years ago and sharing what he's learned with thousands of...
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In first year as governor, Pritzker pushes through far-reaching agendaJun 08, 2019 8:00 am - After four years of fiscal austerity and the pro-business, anti-union agenda of former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, Illinois lawmakers took a sharp turn to the left dur...
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State mobilizes 3rd round-the-clock flood-fighting teamJun 08, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Emergency Management Agency has mobilized its third round-the-clock team to assist the flooding fight in Monroe County. IEMA Direct...
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EXCHANGE: Students help solve school district tech issuesJun 08, 2019 7:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - Students in Kate Schumacher's classes at Quincy High School use computers almost every day, and when they don't work, Schumacher needs them repaired ...
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EXCHANGE: Inmates care for Shawnee prison's dying residentsJun 08, 2019 7:00 am - VIENNA, Ill. (AP) - "No one dies alone," Karen Smoot said. Smoot, health care unit director at the Shawnee Correctional Center, said she and her team were on "24-hour vi...
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3 killed in crash outside St. Louis late FridayJun 08, 2019 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Three people from Illinois have died in a crash outside St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the crash happened late Friday night on Inte...
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Report recommends ways to commemorate Chief IlliniwekJun 07, 2019 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A group is recommending that the University of Illinois erect a plaque or monument to commemorate the history of Chief Illiniwek, the mascot who w...
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Illinois hosts summit to help former inmates reintegrateJun 07, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An event aimed at helping former inmates reintegrate has drawn hundreds of people in Springfield. Several state agencies hosted an expo earlier ...