Articles filed under Illinois
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Lawmakers send state-nurse protection bill to RaunerApr 08, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois General Assembly has sent legislation to Gov. Bruce Rauner that would prohibit further privatization of health care workers in stat...
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U of I to permanently offer online winter break coursesApr 08, 2017 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois is making a pilot project permanent that allowed students to take courses during winter break. A winter class session will...
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EXCHANGE: Illinois survivors remember tristate tornadoApr 08, 2017 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Ninety years ago, the deadliest tornado in recorded U.S. history sliced a diagonal swath across Southern Illinois, practically obliterating the t...
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Officials hope to restore Illinois forest hit by tornadoApr 08, 2017 7:00 am - AVA, Ill. (AP) - Forestry officials have a plan to restore a huge chunk of woodland near Kinkaid Lake in southern Illinois that was hit by a tornado earlier this year. T...
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Exhibit to highlight Aurora's involvement in World War IApr 08, 2017 7:00 am - AURORA, Ill. (AP) - A new exhibit in downtown Aurora will honor the city's involvement in World War I. The Beacon News reports (http://trib.in/2oQTfSE ) local historians...
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Ex-U of Illinois student gets 10 years for newborn's deathApr 07, 2017 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A former University of Illinois student was sentenced Friday to a decade in prison after she was accused of suffocating her newborn son when she gave...
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EXCHANGE: Illinois program helps disabled students find jobsApr 07, 2017 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Sallea Marble sounded almost nonchalant when she explained why she hires Peoria Public Schools students to work at Buehler Home, where she is dietary...
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Rauner: Stopping state-worker paychecks would hurt familiesApr 07, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration contends Attorney General Lisa Madigan's attempt to stop state employee paychecks amid the budget cr...
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Judge to rule next week on innocence request in 1957 killingApr 07, 2017 7:00 am - SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois judge plans to rule next week on a request by a man to be declared innocent in the 1957 kidnapping and slaying of a 7-year-old. Jack Mc...
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Renovation of Dick Van Dyke's childhood home ramping upApr 07, 2017 7:00 am - DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Work could begin this summer to restore actor Dick Van Dyke's childhood home in eastern Illinois. The News-Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/2o7uP9h) ...