Articles filed under Illinois
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Inspector General report says NIU mismanaged by presidentMay 31, 2017 7:00 am - DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - A state watchdog contends Northern Illinois University administrators routinely ignored ethics requirements in hiring five consultants. In a report r...
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Teen faces arson charge in fire at old Joliet prisonMay 31, 2017 7:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - A 15-year-old boy has been charged with starting a fire that caused heavy damage to a building at an abandoned prison in northern Illinois. Joliet po...
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Quincy church's Strawberry Festival ending after 120 yearsMay 31, 2017 7:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - A western Illinois church is ending its annual Strawberry Festival after 120 years. The Quincy Herald-Whig reports (http://bit.ly/2sjsbMQ ) this past...
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Deadline for budget action looms over Illinois LegislatureMay 31, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois General Assembly returns for the final day of its spring session not much closer to a budget agreement than when it started in Janu...
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Rauner, Madigan blame each other for no new state budgetMay 31, 2017 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The lack of trust between Illinois' Republican governor and its Legislature led by Democrats reached a full-throated roar Wednesday as the House speaker ac...
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Bill OK'ed allowing ads on license plate renewal remindersMay 30, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A bill is headed to Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner that would let the state put advertisements on license plate renewal reminders. The (Springfield)...
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Defense: Michigan trooper's death a tragedy, not crimeMay 30, 2017 7:00 am - PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - Jurors in suburban Detroit have heard closing arguments in a criminal case connected to the death of a Michigan State Police trooper who was struck...
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Fire damages building at abandoned prison in IllinoisMay 30, 2017 7:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a fire caused heavy damage to a building at an abandoned prison in northern Illinois. The Joliet Fire Department says crews responded...
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Eastern Illinois city makes plans to move WWI memorialMay 30, 2017 7:00 am - DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Officials in the eastern Illinois city of Danville are trying to move, clean and more prominently display a World War I memorial that's nearly a ce...
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Springfield museum to offer tours on Lincolns' courtshipMay 30, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum will offer summer walking tours of sites focused on the romance between the 16th president a...