Articles filed under Illinois
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Judge sentences juvenile shooter in Effingham teen's deathApr 15, 2016 7:00 am - EFFINGHAM, Ill. (AP) - A teenager from Effingham has been sentenced in a 16-year-old girl's shooting death. The Effingham Daily News (http://bit.ly/1quQ9Dv ) reports tha...
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Ex-mayor's son gets 2 life sentences in Metro East killingsApr 15, 2016 7:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - The 26-year-old son of a former Alorton mayor has been sentenced to consecutive life sentences for killing two men in the nearby village of Washi...
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Standing Rock Sioux sets up camp to protest oil pipelineApr 15, 2016 7:00 am - CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) - The Standing Rock Sioux has set up a camp in North Dakota to protest a planned pipeline to carry crude from the Bakken oil fields to Illinois. T...
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Judge: Hastert support letters must be public to be considered in sentencingApr 15, 2016 1:00 am - Letters in support of former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert cite his ill health and public service in asking for leniency when he's sentenced April 27 on banking char...
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Group: Illinois historic sites at risk due to unsure economyApr 14, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois historic preservation group says sites on its yearly list of endangered places are at risk due to an unsure economic climate in the ...
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Dog-fight sweep results in 2 arrests, 58 dogs seizedApr 14, 2016 7:00 am - ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) - An investigation into dog fighting by authorities in northwestern Illinois has resulted in two arrests and the seizing of 58 dogs. Rock Island P...
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WIU to lay off 110 staffers due to lack of state budgetApr 14, 2016 7:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - The president of Western Illinois University says the school will lay off 110 non-instructional staffers because of the lack of state budget. The Qui...
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Workers alert police to man accused of having bomb partsApr 14, 2016 7:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - An Illinois man was jailed on $250,000 cash bond Thursday after Missouri prosecutors accused him of having components for pipe bombs, and Home De...
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Judge gives Savoy man 6-month prison term for cat's deathApr 14, 2016 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A Champaign County judge has sentenced a central Illinois man to six months in jail and probation for torturing his girlfriend's cat, which later die...
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USDA: Cooler temperatures delay Illinois plantingApr 14, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Federal officials say cooler temperatures sometimes dipping below freezing have prohibited Illinois agricultural producers from planting until t...