Articles filed under Illinois
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Volunteer firefighter accused of using cigarettes in arsonsApr 27, 2016 7:00 am - FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) - A 20-year-old northern Illinois volunteer firefighter accused of starting five fires allegedly tossed lit cigarettes to spark at least two of the b...
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Illinois transgender student wins boys bathroom accessApr 27, 2016 7:00 am - WILLIAMSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A transgender student at Williamsville High School in central Illinois who was born female but identifies as male will be able to use the men'...
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Dog found tied to Illinois bridge recovering from gun shotsApr 27, 2016 7:00 am - SIBLEY, Ill. (AP) - A dog that was shot and left tied to a bridge in eastern Illinois is improving. Ford County Sheriff Mark Doran says a man walking his own dog near Si...
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Dennis Hastert sentenced to 15 months in prisonApr 27, 2016 1:00 am - Dennis Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison by a federal judge who called him "a serial child molester" and imposed a penalty more than double what prosecutors h...
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U.S. Attorney: Hastert a "broken, humiliated man"Apr 27, 2016 1:00 am - U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon said U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert's "legacy is gone and in its place is a broken, humiliated man." "That is as it should be," the pr...
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Hastert loses teacher pensionApr 27, 2016 1:00 am - One of former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert's pension checks isn't in the mail. The longtime suburban lawmaker has lost his $16,623 annual pension from his time as a...
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Woman takes stand to say Dennis Hastert molested brotherApr 27, 2016 1:00 am - Jolene Burdge has taken the stand at the sentencing hearing for Dennis Hastert, who she says sexually abused her brother when he was equipment manager for Hastert's wres...
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Man, 61, charged with murder, arson in Kankakee fireApr 26, 2016 7:00 am - KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - The Kankakee Fire Department says a 61-year-old man faces murder and arson charges for allegedly setting an apartment building fire that killed two...
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Decatur looks to turn electric boxes into works of artApr 26, 2016 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - The city of Decatur is hoping to turn sidewalks and electrical boxes into works of art. The (Decatur) Herald and Review reports (http://bit.ly/1pBN9...
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Rock Island woman who faked cancer gets 4 years in prisonApr 26, 2016 7:00 am - ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois woman was sentenced to four years in prison after she admitted to lying about having cancer to defraud thousands of dollars from a f...