Articles filed under Illinois
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Transgender man pleads guilty in bogus student caseJan 05, 2010 10:00 pm - MARION -- A transgender man who police say pretended to be a 15-year-old boy and tried to enroll at a southern Illinois high school last fall has pleaded guilty to felon...
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3 defendants missing from Illinois lockupJan 05, 2010 10:00 pm - ULLIN -- A manhunt is under way for three federal prisoners who bolted from a detention center near the southern Illinois town of Ullin. The U.S. Marshals Service isn't ...
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Senate candidates say little on immigrationJan 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Illinois politicians and activists have helped shape the national immigration debate, but those vying for President Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat had little of ...
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Quinn suspends 2nd release program pending reviewJan 05, 2010 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn suspended a second early release program for state prisoners Tuesday as he faces unrelenting criticism over violent inmates who we...
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Report: Illinois youth prisons lack staff, servicesJan 05, 2010 10:00 pm - State youth prisons remained understaffed and lacking in rehabilitative services in 2009, a situation that "continues to be a problem" for the Illinois Department of Juv...
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Bid for Thomson injunction flopsJan 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Republican state comptroller candidate William Kelly's bid for an injunction against the Thomson Correctional Center deal that would bring Guantanamo Bay prisoners to Il...
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Minooka woman's body found near railroad tracksJan 04, 2010 10:00 pm - MINOOKA -- While Grundy County authorities say a Minooka woman found dead along some railroad tracks died of exposure, they are not sure just how she came to be there. G...
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Hearing set for jailed sheriff facing new chargesJan 04, 2010 10:00 pm - MURPHYSBORO -- A preliminary hearing is set for later this month for an accused drug-dealing southern Illinois sheriff charged with trying to hire someone to commit a mu...
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Selling tollway idea drives GOP skirmishJan 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan said Monday he would consider selling the tollway system to a private company, making him the second Republican candidate for g...
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Tax pledge brings out sparks in GOP Gov. raceJan 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Former Illinois Republican Party Chairman Andy McKenna demanded his opponents in the governor's race sign an anti-tax pledge Monday, sidestepping that a major supporter ...