Articles filed under Illinois
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Heritage area expands to 3 more key Lincoln-related sitesMar 13, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A huge section of Illinois that honors the life and work of Abraham Lincoln and promotes tourism and recreation has been expanded. The Lincoln N...
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Coroner: Woman dead in central Illinois ditch was strangledMar 13, 2019 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A coroner says a 35-year-old woman whose body was found in a central Illinois ditch was strangled. The (Peoria) Journal Star reports ...
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Report: Buffalo Grove lawmaker wants students to design new state flagMar 13, 2019 1:00 am - A bill has been introduced to hold a contest to choose a new student-designed state flag, the Illinois News Network is reporting. State Rep. Daniel Didech, a Democrat f...
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Relative: Suspect in deputy's shooting death 'not a monster'Mar 12, 2019 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - The half-sister of a central Illinois man accused of fatally shooting a sheriff's deputy says her half-brother is "not a monster." Christina Brown ...
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Hundreds attend visitation for deputy killed in RockfordMar 12, 2019 7:00 am - HUNTLEY, Ill. (AP) - Hundreds passed through a northern Illinois funeral home to pay respects to the family of a sheriff's deputy shot to death while assisting in the se...
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Aircraft carrying 3 people has crashed in southern IllinoisMar 12, 2019 7:00 am - WATERLOO, Ill. (AP) - A single-engine aircraft carrying three people has crashed in southern Illinois. Monroe County Sheriff Neal Rohlfing says the plane went down Tuesd...
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Daylight time change opportunity to test warning alarmsMar 12, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Office of the State Fire Marshal says it's time to check the batteries in your smoke detectors. Fire Marshal Matt Perez says the sp...
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Website helps calculate how much you'll pay in Pritzker's tax planMar 12, 2019 1:00 am - How much will Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed graduated income tax cost or save you? State officials released a way to tally that up Tuesday with an online tax calculator...
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4 coal cars dump their loads upon derailing in KeokukMar 11, 2019 7:00 am - KEOKUK, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say coal spilled from rail cars that derailed near Victory Park along the Mississippi River in Keokuk. A jumbled mess of more than a doze...
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After 23 days, blind dog found OK in Illinois pastureMar 11, 2019 7:00 am - ALEDO, Ill. (AP) - A blind dog named Callie has been found - more than three weeks after she dashed from her western Illinois home. Callie survived snow, freezing rain a...