Articles filed under Illinois
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EXCHANGE: Police officer, barbers team up to help kidsSep 22, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - What started out as an idea to offer free back-to-school haircuts morphed into a community party along Clear Lake Avenue in Springfield recently...
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EXCHANGE: Memorial marks Hamm children's' drowningSep 22, 2018 7:00 am - CLINTON, Ill. (AP) - Every one of the about 5,500 days that have passed since three young siblings drowned in Clinton Lake have been difficult but small things can bring...
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Group marks Potawatomi Trail of Death from Indiana to KansasSep 22, 2018 7:00 am - LOGANSPORT, Ind. (AP) - This month marks 180 years since over 850 Potawatomi Native Americans were forcibly removed from their homeland in northern Indiana. Many walked ...
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Police say northern Illinois school threat report was hoaxSep 22, 2018 7:00 am - BELVIDERE, Ill. (AP) - Police say a woman called in a false threat of a gunman that prompted dozens of officers to search for the suspect and place several schools on lo...
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Southern Illinois' Du Quoin State Fair sees attendance dropSep 22, 2018 7:00 am - DU QUOIN, Ill. (AP) - Officials say attendance at the 2018 Du Quoin State Fair in southern Illinois dropped by 8 percent from last year. Organizers say the 11-day fair a...
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Illinois farmers see healthy beginning to harvestSep 21, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Crops are maturing more quickly in Illinois this year compared to 2017, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The agency...
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Man sent to hospital after parachute catches on powerlineSep 21, 2018 7:00 am - LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) - An Illinois man skydiving in northern Colorado was sent to a hospital after his parachute became entangled on a powerline. The Daily Times-Call re...
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Supreme Court upholds hospital 'charity care' tax exemptionSep 21, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld a 2012 law that sought to clarify property tax exemptions for charitable hospitals. The court voted 7-0 in...
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Bill barring employers asking applicants' pay history vetoedSep 21, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed an amendatory veto of a bill that imposes a prohibition on employers asking applicants their salary history. T...
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Ironworker killed at southern Illinois construction siteSep 21, 2018 7:00 am - CENTRALIA, Ill. (AP) - An ironworker was killed while working on a construction site at Centralia Junior High School in southern Illinois. Marion County Coroner Troy Can...