Articles filed under Illinois
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Cyanide from steel plant trickled into Lake Michigan for days before public was notifiedAug 20, 2019 1:00 am - Paul Grenchick was surfing with friends along the Indiana shore of Lake Michigan on Thursday evening. Little did he know, just up the river, thousands of fish were dying...
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Get to work, kids _ but Illinois says get a permit firstAug 19, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Get to work, kids - but get a permit first. The Illinois Department of Labor is reminding teenagers younger than 16 to obtain a work permit to w...
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Pritzker nixes family planning money after Trump 'gag rule'Aug 19, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois will not use federal family planning funds as long as Republican President Donald Trump's administration prohib...
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Off-duty deputy killed while helping stalled motoristAug 19, 2019 7:00 am - MORRIS, Ill. (AP) - A Cook County sheriff's deputy helping a motorist on a northern Illinois street was killed when the stalled vehicle was struck by another vehicle. Of...
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Illini hope beer sales at football games boosts ticket salesAug 19, 2019 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - University of Illinois officials hope the start of beer sales in Memorial Stadium's general seating areas boosts slumping ticket sales for home fo...
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Illinois health officials urge caution with blue-green algaeAug 18, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Environmental officials are urging residents to be cautious of blue-green algae growth along Illinois waterways. Blue-green algae growth, known ...
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Friend remembers black coach slain by white nationalistAug 18, 2019 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - It's been 20 years, and Shawn Parrish still doesn't understand. How could someone kill Ricky Byrdsong? "He was a great man," Parrish said. "You don't...
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EXCHANGE: Enrollment, interest climbing in Parkland programAug 18, 2019 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - In a few years, Kyle Schum will likely set foot in the cockpit of a commercial plane and take a seat in a pilot's chair. But when he graduated a s...
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EXCHANGE: Club played part in Dungeons & Dragons creationAug 18, 2019 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - In an unassuming room tucked in the Student Center on a Saturday, a handful of Southern Illinois University, students made history in the mid-197...
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EXCHANGE: Entrepreneur will give away $100 every day of yearAug 17, 2019 7:00 am - KILDEER, Ill. (AP) - Carolyn Gable learned the joy of giving early. "I remember as a little girl, the neighbor lady had six kids and a brain tumor," says Gable, who volu...