Articles filed under Illinois
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New Willard Airport chief seeks East Coast direct flightsOct 29, 2015 7:00 am - SAVOY, Ill. (AP) - The new executive director of the University of Illinois' Willard Airport is dreaming big. Gene Cossey told the (Champaign) News-Gazette (http://bit.l...
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Negotiations to resume in East St. Louis teacher strikeOct 29, 2015 7:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Negotiations are expected to resume in an East St. Louis teachers' strike that has idled more than 6,000 students since the start of October....
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Roskam says new Speaker Ryan will plot a 'different direction'Oct 29, 2015 1:00 am - A few weeks ago when Speaker John Boehner announced he'd step down, Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton called on his party to huddle up and talk about its futu...
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Marengo moving ahead with quarry planOct 28, 2015 11:00 pm - MARENGO, Ill. (AP) - Marengo has agreed to move forward with plans for a quarry. The developer assured the Marengo City Council this week that the operation would be saf...
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Minnesota coach Jerry Kill retires after battling epilepsyOct 28, 2015 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The seizures had returned for Jerry Kill. Perhaps hoping he could still mesh his demanding, pressure-filled job as Minnesota's head football coach wit...
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Man given more time to fight conviction in 1957 killingOct 28, 2015 7:00 am - SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) - A judge is giving a 75-year-old man more time to make a case he deserves a new trial after being convicted of murdering a northern Illinois girl in...
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Judge: Man OK for trial on charges he left baby in fieldOct 28, 2015 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A judge has found a central Illinois man fit to go to trial on charges he left his 6-month-old baby daughter to die by abandoning her in a bean field...
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New Mexico couple charged with drug trafficking in IllinoisOct 28, 2015 7:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A couple from New Mexico faces several felony drug charges after police found large amounts of heroin and cocaine in their vehicle during a tra...
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Illinois Wesleyan University theater school gets $2.5M giftOct 28, 2015 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Wesleyan University's School of Theater Arts has received a $2.5 million gift in honor of a graduate who often credited his theater tra...
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More cuts at U of Illinois as budget wait continuesOct 28, 2015 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - University of Illinois leaders say cuts announced last week in administration spending aren't the only places where the state budget uncertainty is h...