Articles filed under Illinois
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Moline man sentenced to life for fatal stabbingNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - ROCK ISLAND -- A judge has ruled that a Moline man will spend the rest of his life in prison for fatally stabbing his neighbor in April of last year. Under the sentence ...
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1 Peoria County Jail escapee recapturedNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - PEORIA -- Police say they have apprehended one of two men who escaped from the Peoria County Jail. The two Peoria residents, 44-year-old James Fuller and 28-year-old Aar...
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Woman pleads guilty to killing stepsonNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- An Alton woman faces up a half century in prison now that she's admitted in court that she killed her 22-month-old stepson in a fit of rage. Twenty-nine-...
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New Illinois law aims to make school buses saferNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Illinois has a new law that officials say will improve the safety of students riding on school buses. Gov. Pat Quinn signed the bill into law on Tuesday. The measure req...
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Ill. teen sentenced in OD deathNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - BELOIT, Wis. -- The last defendant has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison in the heroin overdose death of a Wisconsin teenager last year. Nineteen-year-old Christopher...
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Congressman defends 'savage religion' commentNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - A Republican congressman from Illinois says his comment that suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay follow a "savage religion" has been misinterpreted. During an intervi...
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Should ex-gov. Ryan get $68K a year pension not tied to corruption?Nov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court will now decide whether George Ryan is left with no pension or collects nearly $70,000 annually for his years of government serv...
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USDA says Illinois corn harvest laggingNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that, despite significant progress last week, Illinois farmers were only a little more than halfway through their ...
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Man pleads not guilty in downstate church attackNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - JONESBORO -- A man accused of trying to kill two women in a southern Illinois church says he didn't do it. Forty-five-year-old Willis Bates of Anna pleaded not guilty Tu...
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Threats prompt closure of downstate school districtNov 16, 2009 10:00 pm - GIRARD -- Classes at a southwestern Illinois school district are closed for a second day after vandals left messages threatening to blow up some of the buildings. Girard...