Articles filed under Illinois
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DCFS wants to improve policies after 2-year-old's deathMar 06, 2019 6:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - The interim director of Illinois' child welfare agency told a state House committee it's taking steps to improve policies and practices after a 2-ye...
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Mount Carroll's -38 is Illinois' new record low temperatureMar 06, 2019 6:00 am - MOUNT CARROLL, Ill. (AP) - Illinois has a new official statewide record minimum temperature of minus 38 (minus 38 Celsius), set Jan. 31 in the northwestern Illinois city...
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Trustees to consider naming Illini track for longtime coachMar 06, 2019 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois Board of Trustees is scheduled to decide if the school's new track will be named after longtime coach Gary Wieneke. ...
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State police propose reforms in checks on firearm ownersMar 06, 2019 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Police officials have come up with several reforms designed to make it harder for people to keep guns after losing their right to...
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Prosecutors to drop all charges against ex-Rep. Aaron SchockMar 06, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Federal prosecutors agreed Wednesday to drop all felony corruption charges against former Rep. Aaron Schock if he pays tens of thousands to the IRS and ca...
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Fire captain dead, 3 hurt in burning Illinois home collapseMar 06, 2019 6:00 am - BETHALTO, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a fire captain has died and three other firefighters were injured following a partial collapse of a burning home in southern Illino...
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Man gets 1 year in jail for abusing woman while on paroleMar 05, 2019 6:00 am - WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) - A man who abused a woman in Hawaii last year was on parole for a domestic battery conviction from Illinois, authorities said. Royce Turner was sen...
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Hospital replacing 3-year-old boy's stolen prosthetic legMar 05, 2019 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A children's hospital in St. Louis is replacing a 3-year-old southern Illinois boy's prosthetic leg that was stolen in a car break-in. Officials ...
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Law enforcement, tollway oppose idea of only rear license plates on vehiclesMar 05, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois law enforcement groups want to pump the brakes on proposed legislation that would do away with a requirement that Illinois cars display a front li...
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Defense alleges misconduct at trials in girl's 1990 slayingMar 04, 2019 6:00 am - IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - At three trials over three decades, a convicted thief has testified that he saw Stanley Liggins with 9-year-old Jennifer Lewis shortly before she ...