Articles filed under Illinois
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Witness in Urbana murder trial shot while sitting in carJun 28, 2016 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a central Illinois murder trial witness was shot the night before proceedings were to begin. Champaign County prosecutors say they wi...
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Winter flooding recovery efforts continue in KincaidJun 28, 2016 7:00 am - KINCAID, Ill. (AP) - Recovery efforts are continuing in central Illinois after deadly flooding in December. Kincaid Police Chief Dwayne Wheeler tells The (Springfield) S...
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Lake County expands opioid addiction treatment servicesJun 28, 2016 7:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Lake County is doubling the capacity of a medication-assisted treatment program for people addicted to prescription painkillers, heroin or other op...
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Hawaii to play in Pearl Harbor basketball invitationalJun 28, 2016 7:00 am - HONOLULU (AP) - The University of Hawaii men's basketball team will play in the Fox Sports Pearl Harbor Invitational in December, part of the 75th anniversary of the att...
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Human Services caseworker pleads guilty to theft chargesJun 28, 2016 7:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A former Illinois Department of Human Services caseworker has pleaded guilty to charges she stole nearly $160,000 in public assistance for need...
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Money donated in bid to make Illinois site national parkJun 28, 2016 7:00 am - COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Officials in southwestern Illinois are putting more money into a bid to make an ancient historic site a national park. The Cahokia Mounds is th...
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Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in IllinoisJun 28, 2016 7:00 am - June 27, 2016 The (Champaign) News-Gazette Let's make a deal Aren't people hired with the expectation that they'll do a good job? Contract negotiations are all about giv...
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Editorial: Enough! Time for leaders, lawmakers to quit the politics and produce a budgetJun 27, 2016 11:00 pm - Today the Daily Herald joins with newspapers around the state that are entreating the lawmakers and leaders of Illinois with a simple demand: Enough. Enough of the silly...
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Salvation Army captains in Williston during boom moving onJun 27, 2016 7:00 am - WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) - The two people who oversaw Salvation Army efforts in Williston during the recent oil boom are moving on. Capts. Joshua and Rhegan Stansbury are be...
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Illinois historic marker to honor Lincoln Memorial designerJun 27, 2016 7:00 am - WATSEKA, Ill. (AP) - The eastern Illinois community of Watseka (waht-SEE-kah) plans to spend the Fourth of July honoring the man who designed the Lincoln Memorial in Was...