Articles filed under Illinois
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Police: Violent crime in Rockford drops 11 percent in 2018Feb 07, 2019 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Statistics released by the Rockford Police Department show violent crime in the northern Illinois city dropped 11 percent in 2018 compared to the p...
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Pritzker hails Senate's OK of minimum-wage hike to $15/hour in 6 yearsFeb 07, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate voted Thursday to increase the statewide minimum wage to $15 an hour within six years, quickly advancing a top campaign promise of the ...
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Today in HistoryFeb 06, 2019 6:00 am - Today in History Today is Wednesday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 2019. There are 328 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Feb. 6, 1911, Ronald Wilson Reag...
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Ray Bradbury center eyes museum for 'Fahrenheit 451' authorFeb 06, 2019 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Marrying science fiction, space exploration, intellectual freedom and the human heart is no simple feat. But 30,000 pounds of letters, photos, manusc...
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Body found in car belonging to missing Milwaukee teacherFeb 06, 2019 6:00 am - MILWAUKEE (AP) - Authorities are trying to determine the identity of a burned body found in a car belonging to a Milwaukee teacher who has been missing for days. Family ...
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A man and a teen has been charged in Springfield arson fireFeb 06, 2019 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An adult and an alleged teenage accomplice are charged with setting fire to an abandoned central Illinois food processing plant. Twenty-four-yea...
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Ice jam breakups along Kankakee River causing floodingFeb 06, 2019 6:00 am - WILMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - An ice jams is breaking up along the Kankakee River in northeastern Illinois and forcing evacuations. The National Weather Service on Wednesday m...
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14 arrested for solicitation in northeastern IllinoisFeb 06, 2019 6:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A sheriff's gang task force in northeastern Illinois has arrested 14 men on solicitation-of-sex charges. A statement Wednesday from the Lake County...
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Illinois man gets more than 17 years for meth distributionFeb 05, 2019 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois man will serve 17 ˆ½ years in federal prison for drug trafficking and possession of firearms. The U.S. attorney's office for ...
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Man gets 20 years after making plea deal in Iowa slayingFeb 05, 2019 6:00 am - BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) - One of the men charged in a southeast Iowa slaying has been sentenced to prison for 20 years. Des Moines County District Court records say 29-yea...