Articles filed under Illinois
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Sterling police chief retires, public send-off is plannedJan 19, 2016 6:00 am - STERLING, Ill. (AP) - The police chief of Sterling is retiring after about two decades in the post. Sauk Valley Media reports (http://bit.ly/1ZwH3AV ) Chief Ron Potthoff...
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Illinois girl dies in Arizona after being shotJan 19, 2016 6:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Police say a teenage girl reported missing in Illinois has died in Arizona after being shot. Phoenix police say 16-year-old Faith Kies of McHenry County, ...
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2 Illinois pregnant women test positive for Zika virusJan 19, 2016 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Two pregnant women from Illinois have tested positive for the Zika (ZEE'-ka) virus after traveling in Honduras and Haiti. The Illinois Departmen...
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Will County offer dispatch center to new sheriff's buildingJan 19, 2016 6:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Will County officials have offered to add a $5 million emergency dispatch center to the sheriff's office it plans to build this year. The plan would ...
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Southern Illinois preparing now for 2017 eclipse touristsJan 18, 2016 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Tourism officials in southern Illinois say they're preparing now because a solar eclipse is expected to draw thousands of visitors on Aug. 21, 20...
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Election officials could take up case of 3 Illinois judgesJan 18, 2016 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An election official has recommended three St. Clair County judges who opted to run for election instead of retention should stay on the ballot....
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Barrington man facing murder charges in wife's deathJan 18, 2016 6:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A Barrington man accused of killing his wife after a fight over a coffee maker is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing next month...
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Body pulled from ruins of house fire in central IllinoisJan 18, 2016 6:00 am - LATHAM, Ill. (AP) - Authorities in central Illinois are trying to identify a body found in the ruins of a house fire near the small village of Latham (LAY'-thuhm) in Log...
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Will Illinois hit new date to toughen driver's licenses?Jan 18, 2016 4:45 am - Though Illinois officials now have until 2018 to ensure residents won't need a passport to board domestic flights, it's unclear the state will be able to make that deadl...
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Glen Ellyn shop owner trades in life on the road for Main StreetJan 18, 2016 12:00 am - Shop owner trades in life on the road for downtown Glen Ellyn