Articles filed under Illinois
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Rauner administration reduced number of state patronage jobsJan 21, 2019 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A special counsel to former Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner says his administration reclassified thousands of state jobs that were once exempt from a...
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EXCHANGE: An SIUC physicist's theory is confirmedJan 20, 2019 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - In 1968, an SIU Carbondale physicist named Walter Henneberger published a paper suggesting that an electron could be freed from an atom and bound...
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EXCHANGE: 'Magnificent Nine' babies are now adultsJan 20, 2019 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - They don't remember, of course, but 18 years ago, a group of newborn twins and triplets made big baby news across the nation. Dubbed the "Magnificent...
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Urbana police to begin using body, squad-car camerasJan 20, 2019 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois police department is about to roll out new body cameras. The News-Gazette reports the Urbana Police Department has...
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'I Have a Dream' recited at Lincoln museum for MLK dayJan 20, 2019 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, Illinois will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s 90th birthday anniversary M...
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Illinois State to receive $9.6M to repair arts buildingsJan 19, 2019 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State University is to receive $9.6 million in state money to pay for emergency repairs to its fine arts buildings. The...
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University of Illinois reviews relationship policyJan 19, 2019 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois is reviewing its policy on consensual relationships between students and faculty members after a law professor's study ...
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EXCHANGE: Dad surprises daughters from AfghanistanJan 19, 2019 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Sisters Brookelyn and Addisyn Shanle squealed with delight when they saw their dad, Dustin Shanle, walk into the room at HSHS St. John's Childre...
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FBI seeks help to identify "Traveling Bandit"Jan 19, 2019 6:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The FBI is asking for help finding a suspected bank robber nicknamed "The Traveling Bandit." News outlets report the FBI believes the man has robbe...
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Trump salutes remains of 4 Americans killed in Syria attackJan 19, 2019 6:00 am - DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) - A solemn procession. A long salute. A chaplain's prayer. President Donald Trump traveled to Delaware's Dover Air Force Base on Saturday...