Articles filed under Illinois
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Police think 1 man responsible for dollar-store robberiesMar 23, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Springfield police believe one man is behind the past month's string of dollar-store robberies in the city. The (Springfield) State Journal-Regi...
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Ebert Film Festival adds 6 more films to scheduleMar 23, 2016 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The annual Roger Ebert Film Festival in Champaign has announced six more films completing in this year's lineup. The newly booked films include "D...
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Adams County voters turned away, can't cast late ballotsMar 23, 2016 7:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - An appeals court has rejected a bid by Adams County officials to allow voters turned away at the polls last week to cast late ballots. The Quincy Her...
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Aurora alderman pleads not guilty to felony theft chargeMar 23, 2016 7:00 am - WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - An alderman in Aurora has pleaded not guilty to charges she stole from a Meijer store in her ward. Alderman Lynne Johnson appeared Monday in DuPage ...
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Illinois man who wrote 'KKK' on home charged with hate crimeMar 23, 2016 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A man accused of spray-painting "KKK" on a house in central Illinois is facing a felony hate crime charge. The (Peoria) Journal Star reports (http://...
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ADM maintenance workers reject union a second timeMar 23, 2016 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Maintenance workers at Archer Daniels Midland Co.' BioProducts plant in central Illinois have voted against joining the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobac...
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Illinois, union head to court over state employee layoffsMar 22, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The state and the nation's largest union of public employees will head to court over an arbitrator's decision that Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner wa...
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Missing western Illinois boy dies after found in ditchMar 22, 2016 7:00 am - LORAINE, Ill. (AP) - A 5-year-old boy from western Illinois has died after he was reported missing near Loraine and found in a drainage ditch. Adams County Coroner James...
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Crews uncover hidden murals on Peoria Heights buildingMar 22, 2016 7:00 am - PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - Two murals painted on the exterior of a historic building in Peoria Heights were uncovered as crews razed another structure to make way for a...
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Duckworth lawsuit's April trial postponed, May hearing setMar 22, 2016 7:00 am - JONESBORO, Ill. (AP) - Court officials in southern Illinois say a civil lawsuit against U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth stemming from when she led Illinois' veterans agency wo...