Articles filed under Illinois
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Central Illinois woman pleads guilty in Harristown killingsNov 03, 2015 6:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois woman has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 50 years in prison in connection with the 2011 killings of two women in Harristown ...
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Northwestern professor accused of sexual harassment resignsNov 03, 2015 6:00 am - EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - Northwestern University says a philosophy professor has resigned after the school found he sexually harassed two students. Northwestern's Vice Pres...
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Aurora police: Man kills self but thought gun wasn't loadedNov 03, 2015 6:00 am - AURORA, Ill. (AP) - Police in Aurora say a 25-year-old man has died after accidentally shooting himself in the head with a gun he thought wasn't loaded. Police tell The ...
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Illinois harvest finishing after warmer, drier OctoberNov 03, 2015 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Federal agriculture officials say the harvest is drawing to a close in Illinois. The USDA's weekly crop report issued Monday says the corn and s...
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Illinois man guilty in Missouri college student's deathNov 03, 2015 6:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - An East St. Louis man has pleaded guilty to killing a University of Missouri student after what prosecutors call a botched 2013 marijuana deal....
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260-year-old Illinois oak tree taken down due to droughtNov 03, 2015 6:00 am - ATHENS, Ill. (AP) - Workers had to take down a massive white oak tree that's believed to be about 260-years-old in the central Illinois town of Athens. The (Springfield)...
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Morton man pleads not guilty to library knife attackNov 03, 2015 6:00 am - MORTON, Ill. (AP) - A 19-year-old central Illinois man has pleaded not guilty to trying to kill an elderly man who was protecting children the man was trying to attack w...
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Lake County looks to bolster police work on mental illnessNov 03, 2015 6:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Officials in suburban Lake County are pushing to train local police officers to help reduce the number of repeat criminal offenders among those wit...
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Urbana to celebrate 160 years of police forceNov 03, 2015 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Urbana police officers and their supporters will celebrate 160 years of law enforcement protection with a party next week. The (Champaign) News-Gazet...
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Former Illinois chief justice Thomas Fitzgerald dies at 74Nov 03, 2015 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Thomas Fitzgerald, the former chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court who presided over the impeachment trial of then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich, has died. ...