Articles filed under Illinois
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Sun-Times: Newly-elected lawmaker from Naperville says she's being threatened over Madigan voteDec 14, 2018 12:00 am - Anne Stava-Murray, an incoming freshman legislator from Naperville, says she is receiving warnings from Democratic lawmakers and unions that a "no" vote on Michael Madig...
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Central Illinois cereal maker shuts downDec 13, 2018 6:00 am - GRIDLEY, Ill. (AP) - A company that's the largest employer in the small central Illinois village of Gridley has closed because not enough people were buying the cereal i...
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Interim leader approved for SIU's Carbondale campusDec 13, 2018 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - A former administrator at Southern Illinois University's Carbondale campus has been approved as its temporary leader while the university conduct...
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Boy, 13, charged in October shooting death of 15-year-oldDec 13, 2018 6:00 am - CAHOKIA, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a 13-year-old boy has been charged with involuntary manslaughter following the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy in southern Illin...
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Man released from jail after being acquitted in 2016 slayingDec 13, 2018 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A 22-year-old man has been released from jail after being acquitted of murder in southern Illinois. The Belleville News-Democrat reports David Fi...
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Analysis: A rancorous first glimpse of new Trump-Dem dynamicDec 12, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's first encounter with newly empowered congressional Democrats produced a striking Oval Office display that revealed how ill-pre...
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Saline County clerk dies just days after taking officeDec 12, 2018 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - A county clerk in Southern Illinois who took office less than two weeks ago has died. The (Carbondale) Southern Illinoisan reports that Saline Co...
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75-year-old man sentenced for southern Illinois bank fraudDec 12, 2018 6:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A 75-year-old man has been sentenced to 6-1/2 years in prison for defrauding seven southern Illinois banks out of more than $500,000. A feder...
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University of Illinois to open second solar farmDec 11, 2018 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Some professors at the University of Illinois have cautioned that 55 acres of land being set aside for the institution's second solar farm should ins...
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Ex-leader of Houston nonprofit pleads guilty over 2013 tripDec 11, 2018 6:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - The ex-operator of a Houston nonprofit has pleaded guilty to concealing that Azerbaijan (ah-zur-by-JAHN') paid for a 2013 visit by 10 U.S. lawmakers. Kema...