Articles filed under Illinois
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Survey suggests economy remains slow in rural areasDec 21, 2017 6:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A new monthly survey of bankers suggests the economy remains weak in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states, but it improved slightly. The overal...
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S. Illinois man gets 20-year sentence in brother's killingDec 21, 2017 6:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the fatal stabbing of his younger brother. Fifty-nine-year-old Jerry Ryan ...
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Abuse claims of Human Services residents up, reviews slowerDec 21, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Allegations of abuse and neglect of developmentally disabled and mentally ill residents under the care of the Illinois Department of Human Servi...
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Southwestern Illinois College president to retire next yearDec 21, 2017 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Southwestern Illinois College President Georgia Costello is planning to retire next year after a decade of leading the school. Th...
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Snowy owl migration gives scientists chance to study themDec 21, 2017 12:00 am - Scott Judd trained his camera lens on the white dot in the distance. As he moved up the Lake Michigan shoreline, the speck on a breakwater came into view and took his br...
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Man going to prison after false claim of military serviceDec 20, 2017 6:00 am - ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) - A western Illinois man who falsely claimed that he fought in Vietnam to receive disability benefits has been sentenced to eight years in federal...
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Illinois woman pleads guilty in mother's stabbing deathDec 20, 2017 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois woman has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in her mother's July stabbing death. The (Bloomington) Pantag...
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Illinois treasurer returns missing medal to Marine's familyDec 20, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs has returned a Purple Heart medal to the family of Marine killed during the Vietnam War. Frerichs retu...
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Daily Herald to buy Pana News Inc. in latest downstate newspaper acquisitionDec 20, 2017 4:00 am - Negotiations are nearing completion for the sale of Pana News Inc. in central Illinois to Paddock Publications Inc., officials for both companies announced Tuesday, in a...
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Suburbs contribute to Illinois' population declineDec 20, 2017 12:00 am - Illinois lost more people than any other state over the year ending July 1, continuing a plunge that dropped it to sixth place in population, behind Pennsylvania. Howeve...