Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois pharmacists to dispense heroin overdose antidoteApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Trained pharmacists in Illinois soon will be able to dispense the overdose reversal drug naloxone without a prescription. Regulators announced M...
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Demolition waste to be recycled, push McLean County to goalApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Officials in Normal officials believe agreements to recycle demolition and construction waste could help McLean County in central Illinois reach a lo...
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Urbana officials lower marijuana possession fine to $50Apr 05, 2016 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The Urbana City Council has approved an ordinance to lower the fine for possessing less than 30 grams of marijuana from $300 to $50. The (Champaign) ...
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State police: Farmington officer shoots attacking suspectApr 05, 2016 7:00 am - FARMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Police say a Farmington police officer shot a suspect in a domestic-battery investigation after the suspect repeatedly punched the...
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Elmhurst girl's death inspires EpiPen proposalApr 05, 2016 1:00 am - After her 13-year-old daughter, Annie, suffered an allergic reaction and died days later, Shelly LeGere wanted to ensure that didn't happen to anyone else. "Had epinephr...
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Newest school plan wouldn't cut suburbs' funds immediatelyApr 05, 2016 1:00 am - The latest push to change how the state pays for schools would keep some of the suburbs' wealthier districts from losing money in the first year and phase in a potential...
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Fairdale marks progress amid tornado anniversaryApr 04, 2016 7:00 am - FAIRDALE, Ill. (AP) - A rural DeKalb County town is celebrating the strides it has made on its own since a tornado devastated the community last April. The (Arlington He...
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House returns to Springfield, but no talk of budget messApr 04, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois House returns to action Monday with a long list of legislation slated for committee hearings - but none about the unsettled budget ...
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U of Illinois president: Keep chancellor finalists secretApr 04, 2016 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - University of Illinois' Urbana-Champaign President Timothy Killeen wants to keep candidates' identities secret after he initially said the finalists ...
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Archaeologist excavating 1870 barn at Glidden HomesteadApr 04, 2016 7:00 am - DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Archaeologists in DeKalb are excavating a barn on the Glidden Homestead that dates to 1870. Eli Orrvar is an archaeology graduate student at Northern...