Articles filed under Illinois
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Baseball players in minors to lose minimum wage protectionMar 23, 2018 7:00 am - Minor league baseball players who make as little as $5,500 a season were stripped of the protection of federal minimum wage laws under a provision in government spending...
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Storm forecast to bring up to 9 inches of snow to IllinoisMar 23, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Forecasters say a winter storm is expected to bring as much as 9 inches of snow to parts of northern and central Illinois. The National Weather Service ha...
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Report: Illinois high school referee shortage getting worseMar 23, 2018 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - A recent report shows Illinois' referee shortage is getting worse, with the number of referees for the state's high school athletics dropping 11 per...
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Cairo man to serve 23 years for role in deadly bank robberyMar 22, 2018 7:00 am - BENTON, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois man has been sentenced to 23 years in federal prison in connection with the 2014 attempted robbery of a Cairo bank during which t...
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18-year-old Decatur man pleads guilty in nephew's deathMar 22, 2018 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - An 18-year-old Decatur man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his 2-year-old nephew. The (Decat...
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Former Wheaton football player pleads guilty in hazing caseMar 22, 2018 7:00 am - WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - One of five former Wheaton College football players arrested on felony charges after an alleged hazing incident of another player has pleaded guilty...
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Tollway meeting canceled due to lack of quorumMar 22, 2018 1:00 am - Officials and visitors assembled for an Illinois tollway board meeting Thursday morning were out in record time. That wasn't because of a light agenda. Rather, the absen...
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Underwood to get help from national group in bid to unseat HultgrenMar 22, 2018 1:00 am - If money talks, Democrats said Thursday Lauren Underwood has a real shot at upsetting incumbent Republican Randy Hultgren in the 14th Congressional District election. Th...
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Governor primary broke records, and there's more to comeMar 22, 2018 1:00 am - Most expensive primary in Illinois history? The dubious honor goes to this year's gubernatorial primary where Democrat J.B. Pritzker and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner eme...
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SIU considers new satellite office outside CarbondaleMar 21, 2018 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - A Southern Illinois University official says the school is considering having a satellite office for its law school in downtown Springfield or Ed...