Articles filed under Illinois
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East St. Louis cuts police force amid 2016 budget troublesOct 30, 2015 7:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Budget troubles have forced East St. Louis to lay off eight police officers, reducing the southern Illinois city's force by about 15 percent....
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Rockford girl's charred remains IDed; suspected arrestedOct 30, 2015 7:00 am - PECATONICA, Ill. (AP) - Authorities in northern Illinois have arrested a juvenile in connection with the charred remains of a missing Rockford teenager found outside a m...
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City of Moline builds electronic archive of council minutesOct 29, 2015 7:00 am - MOLINE, Ill. (AP) - Archival records from the city of Moline show that problems with parking go back to the early 1900s, when people complained about where riders parked...
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Man convicted in Joliet slaying sentenced to 57 yearsOct 29, 2015 7:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - A man who was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting death of a man outside a Joliet boxing club has been sentenced to 57 years in sta...
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Northern Illinois officials say stadium beer sales a successOct 29, 2015 7:00 am - DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Northern Illinois University officials say a decision to sell beer at Huskie Stadium during football games is paying off monetarily and in public saf...
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DNA needed to identify charred remains found near PecatonicaOct 29, 2015 7:00 am - PECATONICA, Ill. (AP) - Authorities in northern Illinois say they'll use DNA testing to identify a charred body found outside a mobile home near Pecatonica. Stephenson C...
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Omaha bank reissuing cards after breach at national firmOct 29, 2015 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - First National Bank of Omaha is reissuing debit cards to some of its customers in seven states in because of a data breach at an unidentified national...
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U of Illinois leader hopes Salaita lawsuit resolved soonOct 29, 2015 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - University of Illinois administrators hope to soon resolve the lawsuit brought by a professor who lost his job offer over a series of profane anti...
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Group: Illinois should streamline corrections hiring processOct 29, 2015 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A report from an Illinois prison watchdog group says the state's hiring process for its corrections system is cumbersome and needs to be streaml...
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New Willard Airport chief seeks East Coast direct flightsOct 29, 2015 7:00 am - SAVOY, Ill. (AP) - The new executive director of the University of Illinois' Willard Airport is dreaming big. Gene Cossey told the (Champaign) News-Gazette (http://bit.l...