Articles filed under Illinois
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Why Obama is speaking in Springfield WednesdayFeb 09, 2016 12:00 am - President Barack Obama's visit to Springfield Wednesday will return him to the city where he launched his presidential campaign exactly nine years ago and provide a back...
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College-accrediting agency sends warning amid budget impasseFeb 08, 2016 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A higher-education accrediting agency says the state budget impasse could have "significant" consequences for the public colleges and universiti...
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Public can't attend Obama's speech at Illinois HouseFeb 08, 2016 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A spokesman for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan says the public will not be able to attend when President Barack Obama delivers a speech ...
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Report: Police program helped man who prostituted teenFeb 08, 2016 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A newspaper report says a man who's serving 15 years in prison for running an underage prostitution operation did so out of an apartment obtained wit...
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Northern Illinois jail hopes to use wind turbine for powerFeb 08, 2016 6:00 am - FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) - Officials at one northern Illinois county jail hope to install a 120-foot wind turbine in an effort to cut electricity costs by 40 to 70 percent. T...
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3 teens arrested after pursuit in stolen vehicle in RockfordFeb 08, 2016 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say three teenagers were arrested after leading Winnebago County deputies on a chase in a stolen vehicle. The Rockford Register Star (h...
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Eastern Illinois University announces layoffs, furloughsFeb 08, 2016 6:00 am - CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - Eastern Illinois University has announced the layoff of 198 civil service employees, blaming the move on the continuing state budget impasse. In ...
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Court effort aims to link job placement with child supportFeb 07, 2016 6:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A new court program in southwestern Illinois aims to help connect parents who owe child support with job placement programs and other social se...
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2nd man convicted in 2014 Minnesota pawnshop robberyFeb 07, 2016 6:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A second man has been convicted for his role in a Roseville pawnshop robbery that left a cashier shot and wounded. A federal jury found Marvin Spe...
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Juror: Evidence not strong enough to convict ex-prosecutorFeb 07, 2016 6:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - A juror in the first-degree murder trial of a former Illinois prosecutor accused of suffocating his sleeping wife says that "most everyone felt he wa...