Articles filed under Illinois
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Eight days after request, Lincoln museum shipped Gettysburg Address to TexasNov 25, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Just eight days after a nonprofit organization founded by conservative commentator Glenn Beck requested it be lent a priceless, handwritten copy of the Get...
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EXCHANGE: Uses found for closed central Illinois churchesNov 24, 2019 6:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Jim Gortner bought the St. Philomena Catholic Church in Monticello 25 years ago with the idea to move his framing business inside. Fourteen years la...
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New outpatient clinic for veterans in Quincy to open MondayNov 24, 2019 6:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - A new outpatient clinic for veterans is set to open in Quincy. The (Quincy) Herald-Whig r eport s the 21,000-squre foot clinic will see its first pat...
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EXCHANGE: Foundation to honor mother and son stays strongNov 24, 2019 6:00 am - CHANA, Ill. (AP) - The world only got to know Amos Patrick Meyer for 3 years, but in the 3 years since his tragic passing, and that of his mother Maggie Rosko Meyer, the...
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Illinois soldier awarded Purple Heart for Iraq War serviceNov 24, 2019 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois man has been awarded the Purple Heart and other military honors for his role in combat during the Iraq War. The (Peoria) Journal S...
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2 charged after 2 horses found dead, others malnourishedNov 24, 2019 6:00 am - MARENGO, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say two people have been charged with animal cruelty after two horses were found dead and five others severely malnourished in northern ...
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EXCHANGE: Navigator tracked subs, drug smugglersNov 23, 2019 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Flying around the world as a Navy navigator, Capt. Anthony Corapi picked up technical and leadership skills. Now 49, he grew up in Brooklyn and Lo...
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EXCHANGE: Shopping malls cut back Black Friday all-nightersNov 23, 2019 6:00 am - SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (AP) - Black Friday at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg will start less than an hour before sunrise this year, ending the mall's recent run of all-night mar...
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Rollback of EPA oversight in Midwest favors pollutersNov 23, 2019 12:00 am - SAUGET, Ill. - Mamie Cosey and those living near this tiny, industrial village on the banks of the Mississippi River spent years wondering what poisons spewed from the t...
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Bill would cut off lawmaker pay the day they leave officeNov 23, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A measure preventing lawmakers from receiving pay for days they did not hold office has remained in legislative limbo since its introduction in January. It...