Articles filed under Illinois
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Mattoon public health office to close over budget problemsMar 06, 2016 6:00 am - MATTOON, Ill. (AP) - A county health department in central Illinois says it will close one of its offices because of the state's ongoing budget crisis. The Mattoon Journ...
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Lady Gaga and Al Roker take Polar Plunge in ChicagoMar 06, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Lady Gaga and Al Roker are among the celebrities jumping into frigid Lake Michigan waters at a fundraiser for the Special Olympics. It's the singer's seco...
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Woman gets 12-year sentence for newborn's drowning deathMar 06, 2016 6:00 am - CENTREVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A 25-year-old woman who authorities say let her newborn son drown in a toilet before throwing him from a second-floor window has been sentenced ...
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Illinois lawmakers want funding for safer school routesMar 06, 2016 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Several Illinois lawmakers are calling for more funding to ensure students have safe streets to walk to school. The issue comes during the state...
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Illinois AG mulling legal case over delayed coal mine rulesMar 06, 2016 6:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Illinois Attorney General's Office is considering legal action against the state's natural resources agency for what prosecutors call a failure to f...
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Records: Routine personal use of Collinsville credit cardsMar 06, 2016 6:00 am - COLLINSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Spending records show that a southwestern Illinois elected leader facing criticism for personal use of Collinsville credit cards isn't the only...
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Writer: NY town's Lincoln story is true, but year is wrongMar 06, 2016 6:00 am - BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Local lore in a western New York town says Abraham Lincoln spent a snowy night there in 1855. A magazine writer says the story is true but the year ...
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Bill Clinton to campaign here TuesdayMar 06, 2016 12:00 am - Former President Bill Clinton will visit the Chicago area Tuesday, one week ahead of the Illinois' Democratic primary. The Hillary Clinton campaign is billing the speech...
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Midwest travel: SOAR with the Eagles weekends in MinnesotaMar 05, 2016 6:21 am - Chicago Silence is golden Enjoy a silent film, seated in Chicago's only remaining silent film studio, the historical Essanay Studios. The classic film "Sherloc...
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New Illinois AD fires football coach Cubit after 1 seasonMar 05, 2016 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - First-year football coach Bill Cubit was fired Saturday by new athletic director Josh Whitman, who said the troubled program needs a new coach to ...