Articles filed under Illinois
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Rockford taxi driver shot to death in cabNov 01, 2015 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Police in Rockford say a taxi driver was found shot to death in his cab. Officers responding Saturday to a call about a suspicious vehicle found th...
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Carbondale celebrates Halloween after 15-year crackdown endsNov 01, 2015 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Halloween has returned to Carbondale after a 15-year city crackdown prompted by previous holiday troubles in the home of Southern Illinois Univer...
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40 prior traffic citations for man accused in fatal crashNov 01, 2015 6:00 am - MARYVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A southwestern Illinois man accused of driving drunk in a crash that left a 27-year-old woman dead had received at least 40 traffic citations in t...
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Newspaper: Budget impasse costing state more in long runNov 01, 2015 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Some vendors who provide Illinois services say the budget impasse costs the state more in the long run. The Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprise...
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Caterpillar starts issuing layoff notices in DecaturNov 01, 2015 6:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Caterpillar Inc. has started laying off Decatur workers. Company spokeswoman Rachel Potts confirmed the employee notifications to The (Decatur) Hera...
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Illinois woman denies neglect, fights to get horses backNov 01, 2015 6:00 am - ROSSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A woman whose horses were seized by authorities in eastern Illinois says she takes in animals rescued from situations of neglect and that she is n...
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Man charged with murder found dead in Illinois jail cellOct 31, 2015 7:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a suburban St. Louis teenager facing trial on a first-degree murder charge has been found dead in an Illinois jail cell. The Bell...
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Woman gets 1 year probation for abandoning 2 dogs to dieOct 31, 2015 7:00 am - PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - A Tazewell County woman has been sentenced to a year's probation for leaving two dogs to die without food or water. The Pekin Daily Times reports (htt...
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Archery deer hunting to begin at Illinois Beach State ParkOct 31, 2015 7:00 am - ZION, Ill. (AP) - Deer hunting with a bow and arrow will be allowed for the first time at Illinois Beach State Park in Zion. The archery deer program at the park is set ...
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Ex-Adams County prosecutor's trial delayed for 6th timeOct 30, 2015 7:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - The trial for a former Adams County prosecutor facing a first-degree murder charge in his wife's death has been delayed for the sixth time. A judge g...