Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois city of Peoria records 30-year record for homicidesOct 24, 2021 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - The city of Peoria has recorded 26 homicides this year, which breaks at least a 30-year record. Police said they responded to a shooting Friday even...
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Weekend closes on rainy, gloomy noteOct 24, 2021 1:00 am - After a picture-perfect fall day on Saturday, the weekend closed with a rain-filled, gloomy Sunday that led to weather alerts and forced outdoor events to be altered. A ...
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Illinois bookkeeper sentenced for years-long fraudOct 23, 2021 7:00 am - O'FALLON, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding a book-keeping client out of more than $1 million. Kathleen Dv...
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Black female pilot a trailblazer for SIU aviationOct 23, 2021 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Vernecelyn Allen may not consider herself a trailblazer, but trying to find a better term to describe the Southern Illinois University Carbondale...
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Ex-Peoria police officer's child porn conviction reinstatedOct 22, 2021 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court has reinstated a former Peoria police officer's child pornography conviction, finding that an appellate court erred when i...
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Strong economic growth continues in rural parts of 10 statesOct 21, 2021 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Strong economic growth continues in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states, according to a new monthly survey of bankers in the region. The overa...
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Pritzker touts job training program for electric vehicle industryOct 21, 2021 1:00 am - As part of his plan to boost the number of electric vehicles on the road, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday announced a training program for the manufacture and repair of t...
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Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations at lowest level since early AugustOct 21, 2021 1:00 am - State health officials on Thursday reported 1,309 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized throughout Illinois. That's the fewest hospitalized with the respiratory disease si...
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Lawmakers cancel Thursday sessionOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - This report has been updated to identifiy Terri Bryant as state senator and that four women in the Senate Republican Caucus made clear their opposition to repealing ...
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Democrats face criticism on new congressional map - and not just from GOPOct 20, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois Democrats are getting pushback on new congressional district boundaries they proposed last week, and not just from Republicans who stand to lose U.S. House seat...