Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois to build $150M prison mental-health unitAug 21, 2018 7:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Illinois corrections officials have announced construction will begin next spring on a 200-bed inpatient mental health and medical facility. The Joli...
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US judge off corruption, kidnapping cases after emailsAug 21, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge in two of Illinois' highest profile cases has been removed from hearing all his criminal cases after it was revealed he exchanged emails w...
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Illinois-Springfield orders halt to feeding feral catsAug 20, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The future of feral cat colony at the University of Illinois-Springfield is in question after employees and students have been ordered to no lon...
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Illinois State Fair vendors see drop in attendance, salesAug 20, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Fair vendors say attendance and sales declined from last year. The State Journal-Register reports that vendors sa...
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Central Illinois man sentenced in synthetic drugs caseAug 20, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A federal judge has sentenced a central Illinois man to five years in prison for possession with intent to distribute synthetic cannabinoids, kn...
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Law allows Medicaid flexibility for 'medically fragile' kidsAug 20, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed a law that gives families of extremely ill children more flexibility in health care. The Republican's action Monday...
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Rauner rejects expanded union benefits for paramedics, EMTsAug 20, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner has vetoed legislation that would expand benefits and collective bargaining rights for city paramedics and emergency medical t...
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Storm forces Army helicopters to land in St. Louis areaAug 20, 2018 7:00 am - FESTUS, Mo. (AP) - A U.S. Army helicopter was forced by bad weather to make an emergency landing at a restaurant parking lot near St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ...
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Illinois 200: State's aviation tech found on jets around the worldAug 20, 2018 5:30 am - Many Illinoisans don't realize it, but our state is a center of aerospace and aviation technology. Illinois' aerospace cluster is centered around the northern and northe...
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EXCHANGE: Peoria police officer hands out stuffed animalsAug 19, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Ask Peoria police Officer Curtis Lindsay why he goes out of his way to give teddy bears to young children, and he'll come back with a simple reason. ...