Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois farmland prices see significant drop in 2015Mar 30, 2016 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Illinois farmland prices saw a significant decline last year following the downward price trajectory of grain produced on the land, according to a ne...
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Oklahoma man killed in Korean War buried in MissouriMar 30, 2016 7:00 am - SENECA, Mo. (AP) - More than 65 years after he was killed during the Korean War, a soldier from Oklahoma has been buried with military honors. Cpl. William Eldon Ervin w...
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U of Illinois athlete put in county 'second chance' programMar 30, 2016 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A University of Illinois softball player has entered an agreement that could keep a conviction off her record for damaging a menorah at a campus Jewi...
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New owners celebrate drive-in's 66th birthday on Route 66Mar 30, 2016 7:00 am - LITCHFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Litchfield Sky View Drive-in Theater will celebrate its 66th birthday on Route 66 under new owners. And the dancing hot dog still performs. O...
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Illinois woman claims 2nd $100,000 prize from Iowa LotteryMar 30, 2016 7:00 am - CLIVE, Iowa (AP) - An Illinois woman has claimed another $100,000 from the Iowa Lottery. The lottery says in a news release that Orintha Galella, of Moline, Illinois, pi...
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Tribal members plan protest of Dakota Access PipelineMar 30, 2016 7:00 am - FORT YATES, N.D. (AP) - Members of the Standing Rock Sioux and other tribes are protesting the planned $3.8 billion Dakota Access Pipeline to carry oil from western Nort...
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Today in HistoryMar 29, 2016 7:00 am - Today is Wednesday, March 30, the 90th day of 2016. There are 276 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was sho...
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U of Illinois faculty to consider anti-coal resolutionMar 29, 2016 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Faculty leaders at the University of Illinois' flagship campus are expected to consider a resolution calling on the school to divest itself of any co...
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Cover crops getting new attention in central IllinoisMar 29, 2016 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Cover crops are growing in popularity in central Illinois as a way to preserve nutrients in soil and purity in water runoff. These secondary crops, s...
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Illinois Wesleyan plans 3 days of inaugural eventsMar 29, 2016 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Three days of special events are planned to mark the inauguration of a new president at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. Eric Jensen...