Articles filed under Illinois
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Unsolved central Ill. slayings leave area on edgeSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - BEASON -- As she drives toward Beason from work each night, Diana Baker's stomach tightens. It's like there's a cloud above the town since five family members were found...
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Quinn vows to restore college grant programSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn says he'll fight to restore funding for thousands of low income college students in Illinois. Quinn was expected to appear at a town hall meeting Tuesday ...
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Watchdog group: State layoffs, tax increase likelySep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A spokeswoman says Gov. Pat Quinn may look elsewhere to help make up the $112 million he believes his court-stalled push to lay off some 2,600 state worke...
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Aurora man running for secretary of stateSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Aurora business consultant Robert Enriquez formally announced Monday he'll run as a Republican for Illinois secretary of state. Enriquez said he would use his business e...
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Troops' return ends Ill. Guard Afghan missionSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Buses carrying 188 Illinois National Guard troops on the last legs of their trips home from Afghanistan fanned out across the state Monday, bringing to an e...
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Urbana district sues Normal district over abusive teacherSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- The Urbana School District has filed a lawsuit against Unit 5 School District in Normal over the case of former teacher and convicted sex offender Jon Whi...
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Suspect in 8 deaths wants to plead guiltySep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - GALESBURG -- A man charged in a two-state killing spree that left eight people dead in Illinois and Missouri unexpectedly told judge Tuesday that he wants to plead guilt...
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Is there buried treasure downstate?Sep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - QUINCY -- A western Illinois postal worker's hunt for supposedly buried treasure continues in Springfield. Patty Henken of Mount Sterling launched the search recently wh...
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2 women severely hurt in church attackSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - ANNA -- Authorities say two women were attacked and severely injured inside a church in the small southern Illinois community of Anna. Sixty-nine-year-old Mary Shepard, ...
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Feds helping Illinois reduce DNA backlogSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois State Police is to receive $2.5 million in federal money to reduce the state's backlog of DNA evidence. Illinois State Police director Jonath...