Articles filed under Illinois
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Illini Union reopened after morning fire at bagel restaurantApr 18, 2019 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The basement of the nearly 80-year-old Illini Union at the University of Illinois campus in Urbana-Champaign has reopened after a fire forced it to c...
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Woman accused of spiking Illinois state trooper's drinkApr 18, 2019 7:00 am - RUSHVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois woman has been charged with using an unidentified substance to spike the sports drink of an Illinois State Police trooper. Auth...
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Illinois education board studying teacher testing costsApr 18, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois education officials are considering whether the cost of teacher licensure tests may be contributing to the state's teacher shortage. ...
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Former biodiesel fuel plant operator sentenced for fraudApr 18, 2019 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - The former operator of a St. Louis-area biodiesel fuel plant has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for fraudulently receiving $532,000 in...
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Unemployment rises in IllinoisApr 18, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The unemployment rate in Illinois climbed one-tenth of a point to 4.4 percent in March as the state recorded a net loss of 2,300 jobs, the Illinois Departm...
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Mueller report confirms Russians tried to hack Illinois election websiteApr 18, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The Mueller report confirms the Russians tried to hack the Illinois Board of Elections website in 2016. "In one instance in approximately June 2016, the GRU...
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Durbin: Bring Mueller to Congress to testify on reportApr 18, 2019 1:00 am - It's time to let Robert Mueller speak, Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin said, after the release of the special counsel's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election T...
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Illinois agriculture agency to honor former USDA secretaryApr 17, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Agriculture plans to honor former state agriculture director and former U.S. Agriculture Secretary John Rusling Block...
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St. Louis man sentenced in prostitution caseApr 17, 2019 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - A St. Louis man has been sentenced to four years in prison for recruiting a 15-year-old girl and a 22-year-old woman into prostitution. The U.S. Attorne...
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Rockford man charged in 2011 sexual assaultApr 17, 2019 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois man has been indicted on charges that he sexually assaulted a woman nearly eight years ago. In a news release, Winnebago County...