Articles filed under Illinois
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EXCHANGE: Swimming lets Sugar Grove teen be herselfMar 03, 2019 6:00 am - SUGAR GROVE, Ill. (AP) - Leah Hayes is never so free as when she's in the pool. She's never so excited as when she hears the crowd cheering, the water splashing, the res...
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EXCHANGE: At 12,000 meals, Harrisburg schools feed communityMar 03, 2019 6:00 am - HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) - Valarie Hodges knows plenty of kids in her town would go hungry if not for their schools. "There are kids who get themselves up in the morning wh...
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Autopsies confirm man killed family before killing himselfMar 02, 2019 6:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Autopsies have determined that a Joliet man shot and killed his girlfriend and their two children before he fatally shot himself as police initially ...
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EXCHANGE: Teacher uses dance in battle with brain tumorMar 02, 2019 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Kim Drewes came up with the dance routine lying flat on her back in a hospital bed in Chicago, a little over a month after her second craniotomy...
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EXCHANGE: On the front lines of the opioid crisisMar 02, 2019 6:00 am - KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - Dispatch gives him an address and a quick brief. A person is unresponsive and not breathing. They are in a home. A restaurant bathroom. The side of...
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Judge rules Dixon man fit for trial in school shooting caseMar 02, 2019 6:00 am - DIXON, Ill. (AP) - A judge has ruled that a 20-year-old man is mentally able to go to trial on charges he opened fire at a northern Illinois high school. ...
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Illinois to start March with snow, then subzero wind chillsMar 02, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - February may be over, but February weather is sticking around for a while in Illinois. The National Weather Service says snow and subzero wind chills are ...
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University of Illinois looks to build 2nd solar farmMar 01, 2019 6:00 am - SAVOY, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois is looking to build a second solar farm on campus-owned land to help meet the university's clean-energy targets. ...
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Census education, immigrant assistance grants availableMar 01, 2019 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Community organizations may apply for $4 million in grants to gear up for the 2020 Census and to help immigrants interact with government agenci...
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Illinois has second-highest property tax rate in the nation, finance site saysMar 01, 2019 12:00 am - Illinois homeowners have the second-highest property tax rate in the nation, a personal finance website reports. WalletHub analyzed the real estate taxes and home va...