Articles filed under Illinois
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ISU bans hoverboards from campus housing, dining hallsJan 29, 2016 6:00 am - NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State University is banning hoverboards from campus housing and dining facilities. University officials announced Thursday that the two-whee...
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Illinois health officials report 3rd case of Zika virusJan 29, 2016 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A man who traveled to South America has developed the third case of Zika (ZEE'-ka) virus in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Public Health p...
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How social service cuts will hurt recovering addicts, veteransJan 29, 2016 4:00 am - Shirley Protis brushes some crumbs off Andy's face as he finishes his lunch. “Who is that?” he asks, pointing at the woman in the purple sweater putting away dishes. “Th...
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8 conditions kept out of medical marijuana programJan 29, 2016 12:00 am - Illinois residents suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, autism, irritable bowel syndrome, osteoarthritis or one of four other chronic disorders will not be abl...
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Former head of Northwest Central Dispatch appointed state 911 czarJan 29, 2016 12:00 am - Cindy Barbera-Brelle, former executive director of Arlington Heights-based Northwest Central Dispatch, has been appointed by Gov. Bruce Rauner as the first statewide 911...
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Former Illinois Senate President Philip Rock diesJan 29, 2016 12:00 am - Philip Rock, an Oak Park Democrat who led the Illinois Senate as its president during his 22 years in Springfield, died early Friday. Rock, 78, first rose to the post of...
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Michigan woman delivers Vietnam MIA bracelet to familyJan 28, 2016 6:00 am - ALBION, Ill. (AP) - A Michigan woman who rediscovered the Vietnam War bracelet she had as a teenager has returned it to the soldier's family just as the soldier's remain...
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Illinois' new Nike contract has more gear, less cashJan 28, 2016 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Details of the University of Illinois athletic department's new 10-year contract with Nike show that the school will get more gear but less cash t...
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FEMA to help assess Illinois flood damageJan 28, 2016 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency is coming to Illinois to help assess damage from early-winter floods that struck nearly two dozen counti...
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Contents of late congressman's museum to go to collegeJan 28, 2016 6:00 am - MARION, Ill. (AP) - A museum in southern Illinois bearing the name of the late former U.S. Rep. Kenneth J. Gray has closed, and its contents are going to a college in hi...