Articles filed under Illinois
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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 ...
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How a 2011 ruling keeps state money to disabled moving nowJan 21, 2016 12:00 am - It wasn't their eventual role in the ongoing state budget stalemate that Stanley Ligas of Oswego and David Cicarelli of Wheeling were cheering for when their lawsuit was...
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Rauner backs pension plan that offers choice, with caveatJan 21, 2016 12:00 am - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's announcement Thursday that he supported a top Democrat's proposal to cut pension benefits came with one major departure over collective ba...
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North Dakota regulators approve Dakota Access PipelineJan 20, 2016 6:00 am - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota regulators on Wednesday approved the biggest-capacity crude pipeline proposed to date that would move nearly 600,000 barrels daily fro...
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Illinois hunters harvest 155K deer in 2015-16 seasonsJan 20, 2016 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - More than 155,000 deer were harvested by Illinois hunters during the 2015-2016 deer hunting seasons. The Illinois Department of Natural Resource...