Articles filed under Illinois
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EXCHANGE: 12-year-old leads effort for 2019 pride paradeJul 15, 2018 7:00 am - BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. (AP) - The first pride parade in Chicago's Northwest suburbs could be on the march as early as next year, thanks to the efforts of a 12-year-old from...
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Bison graze to help save Illinois' prairiesJul 15, 2018 7:00 am - FRANKLIN GROVE, Ill. (AP) - Straddling the line of Ogle and Lee counties are 3,500 acres of prairie where the bison roam and species of butterflies freely land on plants...
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New Illinois program to offer retirement savings planJul 15, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A new state program will automatically deduct money from the paychecks of about 1.2 million Illinois residents for retirement savings. The move ...
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State to offer funds to spark Lake Shelbyville resort bidsJul 15, 2018 7:00 am - FINDLAY, Ill. (AP) - The state of Illinois will provide money to try to spark interest in a resort along Lake Shelbyville that closed nearly a decade ago because of envi...
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No doubt: Djokovic wins 4th Wimbledon, 1st Slam in 2 yearsJul 15, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Novak Djokovic acknowledged that he was worried. His coach was, too. Could Djokovic ever return to the top of tennis? To the heights he'd already reached? ...
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Kankakee receives more federal money for outside detaineesJul 14, 2018 7:00 am - KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - Two county jails in Illinois set a record for receiving $959,000 in federal revenue. Kankakee County's jails in May broke its previous 2013 record ...
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EXCHANGE: Wind farm gets official celebrationJul 14, 2018 7:00 am - MAROA, Ill. (AP) - Nearly a decade ago, Roger Wikoff started to hear rumblings that a wind energy company was contacting residents about a potential Macon County wind fa...
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Lawyers for accused kidnapper say they face glut of evidenceJul 14, 2018 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Lawyers for a man accused in the 2017 kidnapping and killing of a University of Illinois scholar from China say they have been overwhelmed by evid...
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Schock's corruption trial now set to begin in JanuaryJul 14, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A Jan. 28 trial date has been set for former Illinois Republican Congressman Aaron Schock's trial on corruption charges, including that he illegally ...
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Illinois 200: Rock Island area site of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlesJul 14, 2018 1:00 am - At the confluence of the Mississippi and Rock rivers, the Quad-Cities region has provided a footnote to history for virtually every war fought on American soil, includin...