Articles filed under Illinois
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Macon County deputies will soon be taking work vehicles homeJan 16, 2018 6:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Sheriff's deputies in a central Illinois county will soon be able to take their work vehicles home after their shifts end. The Heral...
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Illinois program helps rural students access AP classesJan 16, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Students at 10 rural Illinois high schools now have access to online advanced placement classes to help them better prepare for college. Lt. Gov...
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Illinois man awarded Carnegie Medal for thwarting attackJan 16, 2018 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois man has been awarded the Carnegie Medal for thwarting a knife-wielding man who intended to kill people at a chess club session for...
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Peoria zoo holds contest to name baby giraffeJan 15, 2018 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - The Peoria Zoo is looking for help naming its newest resident. Starting on Jan. 26, people can go to the zoo's website and for a $1 donation suggest ...
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Chicago area sees as much as 5 inches of snowJan 15, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An army of snowplows was deployed to clear Chicago area roads after a winter storm left the region covered with a thick blanket of snow and the harsh cond...
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Police warn residents of thieves posing as city workersJan 15, 2018 6:00 am - LOVES PARK, Ill. (AP) - Police in the northern Illinois community of Loves Park are warning residents to be careful who they let into their houses after two men got into...
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Prosecutors going after drug dealers amid opioid epidemicJan 15, 2018 6:00 am - WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) - Prosecutors in a northern Illinois county are increasingly taking their battle against illegal drugs and the national opioid epidemic to the peopl...
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Illinois' coal mining roots date back to 17th centuryJan 14, 2018 8:00 am - Louis Joliet and Pere Marquette, returning from an expedition on the Mississippi River in 1673, were the first explorers to notice the combustible material that would sh...
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2 Freeport performers to appear at National ArchivesJan 14, 2018 6:00 am - FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) - Two performers from Freeport are set to portray Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas at the National Archives in Washington. The (Fr...
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How Sears created modern retail in IllinoisJan 14, 2018 4:00 am - Editor's note: Most people know about the Great Chicago Fire, but there's a lot more to Illinois history than that. Native American settlements thousands of years old...