Articles filed under Illinois
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Crundwell auction nets close to $47,000Nov 04, 2015 6:00 am - DIXON, Ill. (AP) - An auction of items seized from the former Dixon comptroller convicted of stealing nearly $54 million from the northern Illinois city, raised nearly $...
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Miles-Tuskegee, JSU-Eastern Illinois play key league gamesNov 04, 2015 6:00 am - For the fifth consecutive year, Tuskegee and Miles will meet to determine the champion of the SIAC West Division. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. Saturday in Tuskegee, with th...
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Special prosecutor to review levee board's repair contractsNov 04, 2015 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A special prosecutor in southwestern Illinois will review a levee district's repeated use of an auto body shop owned by its president. The Bellev...
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NIU plans multimillion-dollar upgrade of student centerNov 04, 2015 6:00 am - DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Northern Illinois University plans to refurbish its half-century-old student center to improve visitors' first impressions. The (DeKalb) Daily Chroni...
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Transgender student locker room debate goes to Fox NewsNov 04, 2015 12:00 am - Fox News host Megyn Kelly grilled Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 Superintendent Daniel Cates about what's next after federal officials rebuked the district...
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Study cites continued discrimination in tollway contractsNov 04, 2015 12:00 am - Since raising tolls in 2012 to fund a $12 billion capital program, the Illinois tollway has touted its job-creating prowess and inclusion of minorities in the resulting ...
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Gliniewicz inquiry described by administrator he threatenedNov 04, 2015 12:00 am - Fox Lake Village Administrator Anne Marrin had been on the job a little more than a year when she started to raise questions about the Explorer program led by Lt. Charle...
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Illinois editor takes top news job at Lee's Quad-City TimesNov 03, 2015 6:00 am - DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - An Illinois editor has taken the top news job at the Quad-City Times in Davenport. The Times reports (http://bit.ly/1kpomBr ) that Publisher Deb A...
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Illinois Innocence Project to focus on Latino outreachNov 03, 2015 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A University of Illinois Springfield project that investigates wrongful convictions has received a $753,000 federal grant to expand its DNA test...
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Central Illinois woman pleads guilty in Harristown killingsNov 03, 2015 6:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois woman has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 50 years in prison in connection with the 2011 killings of two women in Harristown ...