Articles filed under Illinois
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Additional money for Illinois court system will benefit local governments that had been pitching inSep 04, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois' judicial branch will use its first budget increase in six years in part to alleviate costs paid by local governments, court officials said. This ...
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Illinois gets federal grant to improve maternal healthSep 03, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois is getting $450,000 in federal funds to improve maternal health and reduce the number of women and babies who die during or shortly aft...
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Post office named for Illinois solider killed in AfghanistanSep 02, 2019 7:00 am - ALPHA, Ill. (AP) - A western Illinois post office has been named in honor of a 26-year-old soldier who died while serving in Afghanistan. The Alpha Post Office was forma...
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EXCHANGE: Historic district residents work at fixing homesSep 01, 2019 7:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Christina McCullough enjoyed growing up in Salem, Massachusetts, a town dating back to the 1600s, so when she and her husband, Chad, moved to Bel...
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Former religious buildings repurposed as inns, coffee shopsSep 01, 2019 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - When the congregation moved out of a century-old Methodist church in St. Louis, the building could have turned into a vacant eyesore. Instead, Lisa and ...
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Advocates showcase hemp at farm show as multiuse cropSep 01, 2019 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - The National Hemp Association showcased the versatility of hemp during the recent Farm Progress Show in central Illinois. Representatives of the hem...
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AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EDTSep 01, 2019 7:00 am - At least 5 dead in Texas shooting rampage after traffic stop AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - At least five people were dead in West Texas after a man who was stopped by state troop...
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EXCHANGE: Creation of four-year SIU nursing program praisedSep 01, 2019 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - When Illinois Board of Higher Education approved a proposal from SIU to offer a bachelor's degree in nursing at the Carbondale campus, everyone w...
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Mourners gather for funeral of Illinois state trooperSep 01, 2019 7:00 am - WATERLOO, Ill. (AP) - The widow of an Illinois state trooper fatally shot on the job says she wanted to be angry about his death but could only think about the family th...
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From Mother Jones to Haymarket Affair, Illinois central to nation's labor movementSep 01, 2019 1:00 am - From organizing unions to effecting labor laws, Illinois has played a vital historical role as a flashpoint - sometimes involving violence and danger - for workplace fai...