Articles filed under Illinois
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Daily fantasy betting illegal, Lisa Madigan saysDec 23, 2015 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Daily fantasy sports betting is illegal gambling under Illinois law, Attorney General Lisa Madigan said Wednesday. Madigan's opinion, sought by two Democr...
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St. Louis man charged in deadly Illinois strip club shootingDec 22, 2015 6:00 am - BROOKLYN, Ill. (AP) - A 25-year-old St. Louis man is charged with first-degree murder in connection with a fatal shooting outside a southwestern Illinois strip club. The...
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2 people charged after Illinois man's body found in trunkDec 22, 2015 6:00 am - BROOKLYN, Ill. (AP) - A man and a woman have been charged in the death of a southwestern Illinois man whose body was found in the trunk of a vehicle after a police chase...
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Body found in submerged vehicle in central Illinois lakeDec 22, 2015 6:00 am - HUDSON, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say divers have found a body inside a submerged vehicle in a central Illinois lake. Lt. Hadley Welsch of the McLean County Sheriff's Depa...
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Ex-Madison County teacher pleads guilty to child sex abuseDec 22, 2015 6:00 am - BETHALTO, Ill. (AP) - A former southwestern Illinois teacher has pleaded guilty to child sexual abuse involving eight victims. The guilty plea by 28-year-old Jason E. Eh...
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200 WWII veterans represented on Effingham Christmas treeDec 22, 2015 6:00 am - EFFINGHAM, Ill. (AP) - Jane Loy Ries is keeping alive the World War II stories she heard as a child. Ries has decorated for the second year an 8-foot Christmas tree in t...
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Illinois babysitter heading to trial in toddler's deathDec 22, 2015 6:00 am - NEOGA, Ill. (AP) - A Cumberland County judge has decided a 21-year-old woman will stand trial in the death of a 1-year-old girl who she was babysitting. The Effingham Da...
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Indoor water park still closed after health, safety problemsDec 21, 2015 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - An indoor water park in northern Illinois is still closed months after a health department found health and safety violations. The Rockford Registe...
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2 people killed in Montgomery County crashDec 21, 2015 6:00 am - TAYLOR SPRINGS, Ill. (AP) - Two people have died after the vehicle they were riding in went off a highway and struck a tree in Montgomery County. Illinois State Police s...
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Illinois veterans home replacing water system after outbreakDec 21, 2015 6:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - The state veterans' home where a summer Legionnaire's disease outbreak led to 12 deaths and sickened more than 40 others is replacing its water syste...