Articles filed under Illinois
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EXCHANGE: Peoria schools invested in vocational educationJun 15, 2019 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Every school day every student in Pete Brown's auto body classroom walks past the Help Wanted ad he Scotch-taped at eye-level to the door frame. "Exp...
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Du Quoin State Fair in southern Illinois is free againJun 14, 2019 7:00 am - DU QUOIN, Ill. (AP) - The Du Quoin State Fair in southern Illinois is dropping a $2 entry fee. The admission fee for people 13 and older was started in 2016. Fair manage...
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W. Illinois University president is stepping downJun 14, 2019 7:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - The president of Western Illinois University is resigning at the end of June after eight years in the post. Jack Thomas made the announcement Friday....
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Western Illinois University gets $375,000 to study bobcatsJun 13, 2019 7:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - The federal government is giving Western Illinois University $375,000 to keep researching the state's bobcat population. The school says in a news re...
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Lawsuit claims Amazon's Alexa devices record without consentJun 13, 2019 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - A lawsuit claims Amazon is violating laws in at least eight states by recording children without consent through Alexa devices. The Seattle Times reports ...
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Peoria County State's Attorney Jerry Brady is dead at age 70Jun 13, 2019 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Peoria County, Illinois State's Attorney Jerry Brady has died after a long illness at age 70. Coroner Jamie Harwood says Brady died Thursday at his h...
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Hearing set for man charged with posing as missing childJun 13, 2019 7:00 am - CINCINNATI (AP) - A pretrial hearing is planned for a 24-year-old man charged with impersonating a long-missing child. U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett in Cincinnati ...
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Why Civic Federation is calling for changes to property tax appeal boardJun 13, 2019 1:00 am - Cook County property owners make up nearly 84% of the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board's case backlog. That's according to an analysis by the The Civic Federation, a C...
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Road, grandstand improvements planned for DuQuoin State FairJun 12, 2019 7:00 am - DUQUOIN, Ill. (AP) - Main Street and the loop road around the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds will be resurfaced this summer. State officials announced Wednesday that minor st...
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Fake nurse who landed jobs at 3 facilities sentencedJun 12, 2019 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - A Missouri man who used fake nurse credentials to get jobs at three health care facilities has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison. Benjamin D...