Articles filed under Illinois
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Peoria man gets 90-year sentence for 2017 shootingApr 09, 2019 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A 90-year prison sentence has been handed a northern Illinois man convicted of firing a bullet that left a man unable to walk, talk and breathe on ...
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The Latest: Attorney general guarded on conviction reviewApr 09, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Latest on a proposed Illinois "conviction integrity unit" (all times local): 5:40 p.m. Attorney General Kwame Raoul (KWAH'-may RAW'-ool) is ...
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Coroner: 5 killed in Illinois fire died of smoke inhalationApr 09, 2019 7:00 am - GOODFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Woodford County coroner says smoke inhalation killed three children and two adults in a weekend central Illinois mobile home fire. ...
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Lake County to begin testing levels of cancer-causing gasApr 09, 2019 7:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Plans are under way to monitor outdoor air quality outside two Lake County plants that use the cancer-causing gas ethylene oxide. T...
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Garbage trucks escort Illinois hauler's hearse to burialApr 09, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The hearse carrying the late Ronnie Davis had some curious escorts: A dozen garbage trucks. The 60-year-old Springfield, Illinois, resident spen...
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Man convicted of murder, dismemberment in 2013 slayingApr 09, 2019 7:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A jury has convicted a southwestern Illinois man of killing and dismembering a woman in 2013. In a news release, the Madison County State's Att...
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Pritzker unveils legislation to create graduated income taxApr 09, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker urged Illinois legislators Tuesday to "let the people vote" on his constitutional amendment that would dump the state's flat-...
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Subpoena enforcement on hold in abandoned-property fightApr 08, 2019 7:00 am - WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - A judge on Monday rejected a request by state officials to rule on the validity of an unprecedented subpoena they issued seeking records from a c...
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3 killed in suspected drunken driving crash in BristolApr 08, 2019 7:00 am - BRISTOL, Wis. (AP) - Authorities have identified the three relatives killed and a fourth injured in a suspected drunken driving crash in Kenosha County. Sheriff's offici...
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Drug overdoses killing older adults in Winnebago CountyApr 08, 2019 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Officials in a northern Illinois county say overdose deaths are on the rise, and the largest group of victims is people in their 50s. The Rockford ...