Articles filed under Illinois
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Will video gambling falter? Don't bet on itOct 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Video gambling in bars, clubs and restaurants across Illinois was supposed to bring in hundreds of millions of dollars to fund construction projects. So far it is just c...
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Scholarships, ethics on lawmakers' agendaOct 13, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois lawmakers head back to Springfield on Wednesday searching for new money for college scholarships and hoping to strengthen state ethics laws. But ...
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Adams County Board member tried for elderly theftOct 13, 2009 11:00 pm - QUINCY -- A 93-year-old woman who had more than $200,000 removed from her bank accounts by Adams County Board member John Hibbert last November has testified that she di...
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Man arrested with gun at downstate VA hospital after threatOct 13, 2009 11:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- An Army veteran remained jailed Wednesday after he was arrested with a loaded handgun outside an Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital where he warned a nurse ...
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Kohl's to close distribution center in Wis.Oct 12, 2009 11:00 pm - MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. -- Mid-level retail chain Kohl's is closing a distribution center at its headquarters in Menomonee Falls to cut costs. Company spokeswoman Vicki Sh...
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Suburban schools raise their hands for new building fundsOct 12, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Nearly eight years ago, officials at Maine Township High School District 207 asked the state for help building new classrooms for a burgeoning student body...
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Sniping starts early in Ill. governor's raceOct 12, 2009 11:00 pm - The governor's race is barely under way, but the name-calling and finger-pointing are already in full swing with Gov. Pat Quinn and Comptroller Dan Hynes duking it out m...
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Trial starts for state park rape suspectOct 12, 2009 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- A trial is under way in southwestern Illinois' Madison County for a man accused of beating and raping a woman in a state park last year. The case involvi...
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Reward offered in downstate oil firesOct 12, 2009 11:00 pm - WEST CITY -- A $10,000 reward is being offered by a company that lost 10 oil tanks in a weekend fire in southern Illinois that authorities are terming suspicious. Author...
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Quinn appoints new human services secretaryOct 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois' Department of Human Services has a new leader. Gov. Pat Quinn named Michelle Saddler to head the department during a news conference Sunday. Saddler had been d...