Articles filed under Illinois
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Man accused of leaking grand jury informationSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - HARRISBURG -- A man who served on a southern Illinois grand jury is accused of leaking sealed information from the secret proceedings. Twenty-eight-year-old Rocky Dunnin...
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Fawell's letter proves he still doesn't get itSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - I just read the article Scott Fawell submitted to the Daily Herald, and I have to say I am shocked by his lack of concern for anyone except himself and other corrupt pol...
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Downstate man killed in ATV wreckSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - HURST -- Authorities in southern Illinois say a 34-year-old man was killed when his all-terrain vehicle crashed into a grove of trees. Investigators in Williamson County...
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Testing the long nose of the law: Do car odors belong to you?Sep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Suppose the next time police stop your vehicle the officer asks for your license, insurance card and then tells you to roll up the windows and crank the fa...
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State must fund grants for studentsSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - College students in Illinois who can least afford it are bearing the brunt of a devastating cut in the state budget. The Illinois Monetary Award Program - called MAP - h...
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Judge puts Quinn's planned layoffs on holdSep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - A judge on Monday suspended Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's plans to lay off some 2,600 state workers, ruling that the state and a union that represents many of the workers sh...
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Families of fallen troops receive awardsSep 26, 2009 11:00 pm - The mothers of dozens of U.S. troops who died in combat overseas have received Illinois Gold Star banners. Gov. Pat Quinn gave the awards Sunday at a ceremony in Chicago...
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Prosecutors consider trying 14-year-old as adultSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - DECATUR -- Prosecutors in Decatur are proposing trial as an adult for a 14-year-old boy charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of 61-year-old Jerry Newing...
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Jury says caretaker stole from 93-year-oldSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A jury in Springfield has convicted the former caretaker for a 93-year-old retired pathologist of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from the woman. ...
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Man pleads guilty in woman's cocaine deathSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- A Fairview Heights has pleaded guilty to giving a fatal injection of cocaine to a 31-year-old Belleville woman whom police initially thought died from an a...