Articles filed under Illinois
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Water continues into Illinois prison despite past-due billsJun 20, 2016 7:00 am - MOUNT STERLING, Ill. (AP) - The western Illinois city of Mount Sterling won't cut water service to a prison despite the failure of the state to pay its bill. The Mount S...
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Knox college digitizing local black historyJun 20, 2016 7:00 am - GALESBURG, Ill. (AP) - Knox College is using a grant from the Nation Endowment for the Humanities to create an online collection black history memorabilia. The (Galesbur...
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Company to donate solar-energy systems to 7 Waukegan schoolsJun 20, 2016 7:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - The Waukegan School Board has approved a New Jersey company's $3 million donation of solar panels for seven school buildings. The (Lake County) New...
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Official: Pilot injured in small plane crash in TennesseeJun 20, 2016 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities say a small plane crashed on a mountain in southeastern Tennessee, injuring the pilot. Jeff Knight, a spokesman for the Rhea County S...
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Why Hastert's prison term will make historyJun 20, 2016 5:30 am - Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert's term in prison is set to start by Wednesday, making him the highest-ranking elected official in American history to serve time...
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Flags flew at half-staff one day in five last yearJun 20, 2016 5:30 am - U.S. flags, lowered last week in honor of the 49 Orlando shooting victims, were at half-staff for 74 days in 2015 — 15 of them to remember and honor victims of mass shoo...
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What Hastert's life will be like in federal prisonJun 20, 2016 1:00 am - Austere conditions and numerous restrictions await Dennis Hastert, the former U.S. House speaker who will be known as inmate 47991-424 when he begins serving his 15-mont...
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Illinois budget fight delaying utility payments to prisonsJun 19, 2016 7:00 am - MOUNT STERLING, Ill. (AP) - One small central Illinois community is considering shutting off water to its prison because it's owed nearly $370,000 from the state during ...
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Peoria work-release center escapee recaptured in QuincyJun 19, 2016 7:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - An escapee from a Peoria correctional facility has been recaptured in Quincy. WGEM-AMreports (http://bit.ly/1sN1TCO ) police found 25-year-old Justin...
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Springfield schools change discipline policy due to new lawJun 18, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Springfield Public Schools will begin determining punishments for fighting on more of a case-by-case basis under a new state law, according to S...