Articles filed under Illinois
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Mistrial declared in 1990 killing of 9-year-old girlSep 24, 2018 7:00 am - WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - The third trial in the 1990 killing of a 9-year-old girl has ended in a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a verdict after three days of deliber...
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Woman driving go-kart killed in northern Illinois crashSep 24, 2018 7:00 am - MARENGO, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a woman driving a go-kart on a rural northern Illinois road was killed when hit from behind by a car. The McHenry County sheriff's d...
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Illinois 200: Illinois' long (and sometimes rocky) romance with trains enduresSep 24, 2018 5:30 am - Trains brought Abraham Lincoln's body home to Illinois, transported southern blacks escaping Jim Crow laws to Chicago and now carry a labor force of thousands between th...
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EXCHANGE: Red Cross driver knew the value of a morale boostSep 23, 2018 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - In 100 years that have shown extreme courage in World War II and a lifetime of commitment to her church and community, Jill Knappenberger will cel...
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As Senate hearing set for Kavanaugh, new accuser emergesSep 23, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Just as negotiators reached agreement on an extraordinary hearing for Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, a second allegation of sexual misconduct by the ...
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EXCHANGE: First black teacher in white school talksSep 23, 2018 7:00 am - SAVOY, Ill. (AP) - Two World Wars. Prohibition. Brown v. Board of Education. The end of segregation. To elementary students as young as those at Champaign's Booker T. Wa...
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University of Illinois to study African-American enrollmentSep 22, 2018 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois plans to conduct a survey to study the drop in African-American student enrollment. The university had 475 black students ...
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EXCHANGE: Police officer, barbers team up to help kidsSep 22, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - What started out as an idea to offer free back-to-school haircuts morphed into a community party along Clear Lake Avenue in Springfield recently...
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EXCHANGE: Memorial marks Hamm children's' drowningSep 22, 2018 7:00 am - CLINTON, Ill. (AP) - Every one of the about 5,500 days that have passed since three young siblings drowned in Clinton Lake have been difficult but small things can bring...
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Group marks Potawatomi Trail of Death from Indiana to KansasSep 22, 2018 7:00 am - LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP) - This month marks 180 years since over 850 Potawatomi Native Americans were forcibly removed from their homeland in northern Indiana. Many walked ...