Articles filed under Illinois
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House explodes in central Illinois, sends couple into yardAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Authorities in central Illinois say a house exploded outside the city of Washington sending two residents hurtling out of the home. Tazewell Coun...
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Prosecutor wants McCullough case perjury claim investigatedAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois prosecutor wants a judge to have a special prosecutor investigate possible misconduct involving a murder case in the 1957 slayi...
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White House: Sen. Kirk's 'drug dealer' comment 'outrageous'Aug 24, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House is firing back at Sen. Mark Kirk for his comment that President Barack Obama was "acting like the drug dealer in chief" when the admini...
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Muggy weather in Illinois could yield bountiful harvestAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Crop experts say the recent heat and humidity that has hit Illinois is ideal for the state's soybean and corn crops. Nikki Keltner is a program coo...
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East St. Louis closes jail after sanitation complaintAug 24, 2016 7:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Officials in East St. Louis say they've closed the city's jail and moved prisoners to a southern Illinois county jail because of possible uns...
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U of Illinois flagship campus may have record freshman classAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Preliminary enrollment figures from the University of Illinois' flagship campus indicate this fall's incoming class may set a record. According to Th...
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Lincoln Library expands poets collection with Masters papersAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum has expanded its collection on Illinois poets with a trove of documents, manuscripts and pho...
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Eastern Illinois botanist gets a plant to call his ownAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - A longtime botanist at Eastern Illinois University now shares his name with a new plant species found in India. The university on Monday said tha...
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Du Quoin State Fair to kick off with cow-milking contestAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - DU QUOIN, Ill. (AP) - A group of local celebrities will kick off this year's Du Quoin State Fair with a cow-milking contest. Fair officials said Tuesday that the inaugur...
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Three Affiliated Tribes issues support for pipeline protestAug 23, 2016 7:00 am - NEW TOWN, N.D. (AP) - The Three Affiliated Tribes is formally supporting the Standing Rock Sioux as that tribe protests construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The B...