Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois man who killed wife's divorce lawyer dies in prisonJan 30, 2018 6:00 am - GREENVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A Southern Illinois man who killed his ex-wife's divorce lawyer before he led police on a 13-week manhunt two decades ago has died in prison. The...
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Body of missing woman found near southern Illinois lakeJan 30, 2018 6:00 am - ALTON, Ill. (AP) - Authorities in southern Illinois have found the body of a woman who was reported missing early in January. Adria Jean Hatten of Alton was last seen le...
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Autopsy: Driver shot by police died from gunshot woundJan 30, 2018 6:00 am - ROCK FALLS, Ill. (AP) - Preliminary autopsy results show that a driver fatally shot by a northern Illinois police officer during a traffic stop died from a gunshot wound...
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Priest accused of having child porn free on $250,000 bondJan 30, 2018 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A Catholic priest who was arrested in southern Illinois on child pornography charges is now free on bond. The Belleville News-Democrat reports th...
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Prosecutor clears Peoria officers in shooting death caseJan 30, 2018 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A prosecutor in central Illinois has determined that six police officers acted in self-defense when they fatally shot a suspected bank robber last fa...
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Democratic governor candidates make pitches to southern Illinois votersJan 30, 2018 12:00 am - President Donald Trump may be a racist and a bigot, said the six Democratic candidates for Illinois governor Tuesday night, but the people who voted for him did so in sp...
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Illinois consistent nationwide for cold-related deathsJan 29, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois was consistently in the top five states nationwide for cold-related deaths per year from 1999 until 2016, according to a federal agency's report....
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NIU seeking naming rights partner for Convocation CenterJan 29, 2018 6:00 am - DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Northern Illinois University says it's looking for a naming rights partner for the school's 10,000-seat NIU Convocation Center. NIU athletic director...
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Inquests to be rescheduled in officer's, motorist's deathsJan 29, 2018 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Northern Illinois authorities say inquests will be rescheduled in the deaths of a Rockford police officer and a motorist. Officer Jaimie Cox may ha...
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Cleveland Indians dropping Chief Wahoo logo from uniformsJan 29, 2018 6:00 am - CLEVELAND (AP) - The Cleveland Indians are dropping the Chief Wahoo logo from their uniforms next year after decades of protests and complaints that the grinning, red-fa...