Articles filed under Illinois
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EXCHANGE: Park district offer dances for special needs folkApr 21, 2019 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Joe Lacy said he prefers to listen to heavy metal music. "There's a lot of head banging," he said. "But they don't play that." On the first Wednesda...
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Illinois students on the road to filling truck driver gapApr 21, 2019 7:00 am - NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - A school bus driver. An art teacher. A college student. The three women from different backgrounds have the same goal: to get their Class A Commercia...
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Richardton ethanol plant advances a carbon capture projectApr 20, 2019 7:00 am - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A project to capture carbon dioxide from a western North Dakota ethanol plant continues to advance as researchers work to better understand the geo...
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Congressman shot by Belleville man to speak in IllinoisApr 20, 2019 7:00 am - COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana is scheduled to speak later this month at a congressional prayer breakfast in southern Illinois...
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Quincy after-school program showcases focus on STEM, writingApr 20, 2019 7:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - Fourth-grader Natalie Predmore stands behind the camera, silently counting down with her fingers held high for the next report of WTSB. Five. Four. T...
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EXCHANGE: Potholes have adverse effect on villageApr 20, 2019 7:00 am - SPILLERTOWN, Ill. (AP) - The front door of the old schoolhouse squeaked like an angry cat. Village President Jeanette Linck appeared in its frame and stepped onto the po...
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Des Plaines Democrat leads effort to slow recreational marijuana legalizationApr 20, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A Des Plaines Democrat's resolution to slow down legalization of recreational marijuana is getting support. With the General Assembly on spring break unti...
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Grand jury indicts Illinois man in theft of 135 weaponsApr 19, 2019 7:00 am - WOOD RIVER, Ill. (AP) - A Madison County man has been charged with stealing 135 firearms from a sporting goods store in southwestern Illinois. Federal prosecutors said B...
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Today in HistoryApr 19, 2019 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Friday, April 19, the 109th day of 2019. There are 256 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 19, 1995, a truck bomb des...
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Colorado trucker charged in deaths of 5 on Kansas TurnpikeApr 19, 2019 7:00 am - LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) - A truck driver from Greeley, Colorado, is charged with five counts of vehicular homicide for a fiery 2017 crash that killed five people on the K...