Articles filed under Illinois
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Crews find Asian carp closer to Lake Michigan than expectedNov 02, 2015 6:00 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Federal crews have discovered two Asian carp in the Illinois River, 12 miles closer to Lake Michigan than where others of that size previousl...
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Fire heavily damages Champaign County board chair's homeNov 02, 2015 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The Champaign Fire Department says a blaze has extensively damaged the home of the Champaign County board chair. The (Champaign) News-Gazette repo...
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East St. Louis students return to school after strikeNov 02, 2015 6:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - More than 6,000 East St. Louis students are returning to school after a one-month teachers' strike. District officials and union negotiators ...
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Insurer denies coverage in Freeburg sex abuse lawsuitNov 02, 2015 6:00 am - FREEBURG, Ill. (AP) - A southwestern Illinois school district that paid $5.6 million to settle four lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of students by a former superintendent...
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$181M in fuel taxes owed to local governments in IllinoisNov 02, 2015 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The state of Illinois is more than $181 million behind in distributing monthly motor fuel tax revenue to municipalities, counties and other loca...
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Group to send checks to victims of Coal City tornadoNov 02, 2015 6:00 am - COAL CITY, Ill. (AP) - A committee in charge of distributing money to victims of last June's tornado in Coal City says it will start sending out checks this month. The (...
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CFO group donates $16,000Nov 02, 2015 12:00 am - Lisle-based The CFO Leadership Group, a private group dedicated to the advancement and professional development of chief financial officers, has announced a donation of ...
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Hastert's portrait removed from House hallwayNov 02, 2015 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - A portrait of former Speaker Dennis Hastert has been removed from a hallway outside the House chamber, a week after the Plano Republican pleaded guilty to b...
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Falcon that went missing in Hutchinson returned to ownerNov 01, 2015 6:00 am - HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) - An Illinois man who lost his prized white falcon in Hutchinson, Kansas, has been reunited with the bird. Michael Garcia found the bird on Saturda...
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University of Illinois works to cut back on food wasteNov 01, 2015 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is working to cut back on how much food is thrown out at its dining halls. Data collected over the past f...