Articles filed under Illinois
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Bloomington airport wants to expand tax baseFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - The Bloomington-Normal Airport Authority wants to expand its tax base to give it the option of increasing revenue. The operator of the Central I...
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Woman sentenced for hit-and-run deaths of 2 college studentsFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (AP) - A 64-year-old woman has been sentenced to seven to 21 years in prison for the hit-and-run deaths of two college students walking along a Hudson...
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Culture association headquarters moving to NIUFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Association for Black Culture Centers will move its headquarters to Northern Illinois University's DeKalb campus this July. University offic...
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Cullerton says budget agreement with Rauner not closeFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner has hit a roadblock in his effort to persuade lawmakers to give him more authority to patch a $1.6 billion hole in this year's...
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Faulty sensor blamed in Peoria courthouse leakFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A Peoria County official is blaming a faulty sensor for water damage that ruined three courtrooms at the local courthouse earlier this month. Assista...
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Poet Angie Estes wins Claremont's $100,000 Tufts prizeFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - CLAREMONT, Calif. (AP) - A runner-up for poetry's 2010 Pulitzer Prize is this year's winner of Claremont Graduate University's $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Univ...
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Uncle rescues 2 young nephews from icy pond in SwanseaFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - SWANSEA, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a 37-year-old man rescued his two young nephews from an icy pond in Swansea. According to Swansea Fire Chief John McGuire, a 10-year...
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USDA stats show Illinois had 'historic' corn, soybean yieldsFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' 2014 corn and soybean harvest reached historic, "never seen" levels, Illinois Farm Bureau spokesman John Hawkins says. "I would say vi...
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US-Israel quarrel intensifies over Netanyahu speechFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Trading barbs, the U.S. and Israel escalated their increasingly public spat Wednesday over Benjamin Netanyahu's GOP-engineered congressional speech nex...
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Stair manufacturer relocating from Romeoville to HammondFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - American Stair Corp. is relocating from Romeoville, Illinois, to Hammond, creating up to 180 jobs by 2018. The Indiana Economic Development Corp. sa...