Articles filed under Illinois
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Sole bank in southern Illinois town on brink of closureJan 24, 2021 6:00 am - DESOTO, Illinois (AP) - The only bank in the small southern Illinois community of DeSoto will close later this year, leaving village officials scrambling to draw another...
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Illinois woman sentenced to 18 months prison in medical hoaxJan 24, 2021 6:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A 36-year-old southern Illinois woman has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison in a medical hoax that tricked people who gave her mo...
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Phase 1b of vaccinations starts Monday, but accessibility questions remainJan 24, 2021 12:00 am - Starting Monday, roughly 3.2 million more Illinois residents are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Just how those residents are going to get the vaccine remains la...
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Trump impeachment to go to Senate on Monday, launching trialJan 22, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to send the article of impeachment against Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday, launching the start of the former pre...
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Next phase of vaccinations begins Monday, but state warns shots are still scarceJan 22, 2021 12:00 am - Gov. J.B Pritkzer said COVID-19 vaccine providers throughout the state can begin inoculating the next group of eligible residents starting Monday, but he warned those ea...
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State education officials oppose legislation's new graduation requirementsJan 22, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - New high school graduation requirements that are part of an omnibus education bill passed during the lame-duck session are drawing criticism from some memb...
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Pedestrian killed in Iowa hit-and-run was Illinois manJan 21, 2021 6:00 am - DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Police in Davenport have identified a pedestrian killed in a hit-and-run just north of Genesis Medical Center as an Illinois man. On Wednesday, p...
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Bankers survey shows gains in rural economy of 10 statesJan 21, 2021 6:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The rural economy in parts of 10 Plains and Western states continues to grow, but rural bank CEOs say their biggest fears for the 2021 economy are exc...
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Nevadan plans to celebrate 100th birthday by skydivingJan 21, 2021 6:00 am - GARDNERVILLE, Nev. (AP) - Soon-to-be centenarian Charlie Montanaro says he'll be celebrating the milestone by jumping out of an airplane. Montanaro's 100th birthday is S...
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Police: Illinois girl, 3, fell from window, died from coldJan 21, 2021 6:00 am - ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) - A 3-year-old Illinois girl died after she apparently fell from a window on a frigid night and couldn't get back inside her family's home in the ...