Articles filed under Illinois
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Jesse Jackson to back Zopp for Senate over Duckworth, HarrisJan 22, 2016 12:00 am - The Rev. Jesse Jackson will endorse Democrat Andrea Zopp for U.S. Senate Sunday, her campaign announced. Jackson previously had come to Zopp's defense last summer when t...
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Durbin: Lower mandatory sentences for some drug offendersJan 22, 2016 12:00 am - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said he'll keep pushing legislation to lower mandatory minimum prison sentence for certain drug offenders in an effort to lower the prison populati...
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Dixon bans hoverboards from downtown business districtJan 21, 2016 6:00 am - DIXON, Ill. (AP) - The city of Dixon in northern Illinois has banned the popular two-wheeled scooters known as hoverboards from its downtown business district. The City ...
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S. Illinois sheriff warns of scammer pretending to be deputyJan 21, 2016 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A Southern Illinois sheriff's department is warning residents about a scam in which someone pretending to be a sheriff's deputy tells people to s...
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SIU scholarship to go to coal-mining community studentsJan 21, 2016 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University has started a new scholarship program to help students affected by the upcoming closure of one of the area's biggest...
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Midwest, Plains bankers had dire view of rural economyJan 21, 2016 6:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A survey shows some bankers had a dire view of the rural economy in their 10 Western and Plains states. A report released Thursday says January's Rura...
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2 die, 2 injured in eastern Illinois house fireJan 21, 2016 6:00 am - HOMER, Ill. (AP) - Two people have died in a house fire in the eastern Illinois village of Homer. Homer Fire Chief Don Happ tells the (Champaign) News-Gazette that the e...
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U of Illinois postpones plans to honor Ang Lee with degreeJan 21, 2016 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois' plan to give alumnus Ang Lee an honorary degree is on hold. University officials told The News-Gazette in Champaign (http...
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Road to be named after Illinois man killed in AfghanistanJan 21, 2016 6:00 am - NEW WINDSOR, Ill. (AP) - A stretch of Illinois Route 17 in western Illinois will be named after a man who was killed in Afghanistan while serving in the Army in 2012. Th...
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Judge says man convicted of murder was fit for trialJan 21, 2016 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A Peoria County judge has ruled that he didn't err when he found a man accused of murder fit for trial four years ago. Edjuan Payne was found guilty ...