Articles filed under Illinois
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Cook County man sentenced in Decatur drunk driving deathMay 08, 2016 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - A Cook County man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in the drunk-driving death of a 20-year-old woman who was riding in his car when he crash...
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Stretch of highway to be named for deputy killed in crashMay 08, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A stretch of central Illinois highway will be designated as a memorial to a Tazewell County deputy who was killed in a traffic accident last yea...
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Decatur woman killed in crash related to officer's shootingMay 08, 2016 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - A fatal collision between an Illinois state trooper and a 26-year-old woman has been linked to a police pursuit of a suspect in an officer's shootin...
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SIU campuses expect enrollment dip, blame SpringfieldMay 07, 2016 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University is expecting another dip in enrollment this fall. Officials are blaming unrest and uncertainty with the state budget...
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Bald eagle found shot in Southern Illinois recovering wellMay 07, 2016 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A bald eagle found with a gunshot wound in Southern Illinois is recovering and is expected to fly again after having surgery this week. The News-Gaze...
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Teens arrested for allegedly shooting people with BBsMay 07, 2016 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Police arrested two high school teens and took another into custody Friday after they allegedly fired BB guns at pedestrians in Champaign and Urbana....
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Illinois hog farmer expansion notices hit half of 2015 totalMay 07, 2016 7:00 am - RAYMOND, Ill. (AP) - Hog producers in Illinois have already filed half as many expansion notices with state regulators as they did all of last year. According to the sta...
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Belleville Vietnam memorial is teen's Eagle Scout projectMay 07, 2016 7:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A Belleville East High School Boy Scout could see his project to create a local Vietnam veterans memorial dedicated by month's end. Neil Wegrzyn ...
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Man arranges meeting with woman, robbed at gunpointMay 07, 2016 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A man was robbed at gunpoint after he agreed to meet a woman with whom he chatted online. The Rockford Register Star reports (http://bit.ly/1WR1vy8...
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Illinois collects another $1.6M from late-vehicle finesMay 06, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois collected $1.6 million from late-vehicle registration fines in April to more than double its year-to-date haul from the same period las...