Articles filed under Illinois
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New alert system named for missing South Elgin residentDec 20, 2018 12:00 am - A new statewide missing persons alert system has been named after a South Elgin resident who disappeared in 2016 at the age of 17. The Kianna Alert, named for Kianna Gal...
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Nearly 187K register to vote using new Illinois systemDec 19, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A new state report says nearly 187,000 Illinois residents have registered to vote through the state's new automatic voter registration system. T...
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Lawyers for accused kidnapper want evidence suppressedDec 19, 2018 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A federal judge overseeing the case of a man accused in the 2017 kidnapping and killing of a University of Illinois scholar from China must rule s...
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For-profit Springfield hospital closing by March 31Dec 19, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois hospital that specializes in treating patients who need long hospital stays plans to close its doors after eight years. Vibra...
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Man pleads not guilty in boy's accidental shooting deathDec 19, 2018 6:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - A 20-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a 12-year-old central Illinois boy. Twenty-year-old Av...
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Today in HistoryDec 19, 2018 6:00 am - Today in History Today is Wednesday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2018. There are 12 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 19, 1998, President Bill C...
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Rules Committee: Where thousands of Illinois bills go to dieDec 19, 2018 4:36 am - Hunters can wear bright pink. Children 2 or younger must be fastened into a rear-facing car seat. Nursing mothers are excused from serving jury duty. These are just some...
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Lisa Madigan: 500 more sex allegations against Illinois priests 'have not been adequately investigated'Dec 19, 2018 12:00 am - Attorney General Lisa Madigan Wednesday accused the Catholic Church of dramatically underreporting the allegations of clergy sex abuse in Illinois, saying her investigat...
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Suspect in beauty salon slayings charged in inmate stabbingDec 18, 2018 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A 53-year-old suspect in the 2005 stabbing deaths of three people at a southwestern Illinois beauty salon now faces charges he stabbed a fellow i...
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Correction: Mississippi River Bluffs Wind Farm storyDec 18, 2018 6:00 am - VALMEYER, Ill. (AP) - In a story Dec. 15 about a proposed wind farm in southern Illinois, The Associated Press attributed a quote in support of the project to the wrong ...