Articles filed under Illinois
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House to return to Springfield on Thursday for further energy negotiationsSep 07, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House is scheduled to return to Springfield Thursday to try again at passing an elusive energy regulation overhaul days after the governor's o...
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Former U.S. Sen. Adlai Stevenson III carried on Lake County family's tradition of politicsSep 07, 2021 1:00 am - He came within nearly 5,000 votes of being governor of Illinois. But four years later, he bolted the Democratic ticket to run as a third-party candidate after voters sad...
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Search for missing man includes body found in Illinois RiverSep 06, 2021 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Bloomington police are continuing to search for a 25-year-old Illinois State University student who was reported missing nearly two weeks ago. ...
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Police investigate shooting death of man in DavenportSep 06, 2021 7:00 am - DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Police are investigating the shooting death this weekend of an Illinois man on a Davenport street. The shooting happened Sunday afternoon, when o...
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Springfield hopes creative signs get drivers to slow downSep 05, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Sgt. Jeff Royer is going to creative lengths to get Springfield drivers to slow down. Even if it means getting a little corny. 'œYes, it's stupi...
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Over 24 hours in Kabul, brutality, trauma, moments of graceSep 04, 2021 7:00 am - Bone-tired like everyone else in Kabul, Taliban fighters spent the last moments of the 20-year Afghanistan war watching the night skies for the flares that would signal ...
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Local artists to reopen downtown Bloomington gallerySep 04, 2021 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - When Eileen Backman started painting local street scenes and parts of the downtown Bloomington skyline, she didn't expect her art would hang for...
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Illinois to expand farmer mental health resources, servicesSep 04, 2021 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - A pilot program aimed at helping farmers and farm families struggling with stress-related mental health issues is expanding to serve all of Illinois...
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Winnebago County coroner charged with stealing from the deadSep 03, 2021 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois coroner has been indicted by a grand jury on charges that include stealing more than $14,000 from dead people. According to t...
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Activists expect some Texans will head to Illinois for abortions because of new strict lawSep 03, 2021 1:00 am - Activists on both sides of the abortion debate believe a Texas law banning most abortions will lead to more people seeking the procedure in Illinois. The Texas law, enac...