Articles filed under Illinois
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Lincoln man pleads not guilty in toddler's deathSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - LINCOLN -- A 38-year-old Lincoln man has pleaded not guilty to murder in the beating death of his girlfriend's 2-year-old son. Ty Cline entered the plea Tuesday and rema...
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Jury awards $6.7 million in fatal ADM accidentSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - DECATUR -- An Illinois jury has decided that Archer Daniels Midland Co. should pay the family of a 26-year-old man $6.74 million after he died at one of the agribusiness...
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USDA rates Illinois corn and soybean cropsSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- With harvest getting under way, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says 64 percent of the Illinois corn crop and 61 percent of the soybean crop are rated ...
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Quinn reverses some cuts to probation systemSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn says he's restoring $16 million in funding previously expected to be cut from probation services statewide, averting many layoffs critics s...
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3 Springfield workers get 60 days, no pay for noosesSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Three city employees in Springfield have been suspended for 60 days without pay for separate incidents in which nooses were hung at their workplaces. A bl...
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Kelly often worked in the political shadowsSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - For the day he took the oath of office to become governor, Rod Blagojevich turned to pal Christopher G. Kelly to preside over the ceremony. That 2003 inaug...
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Mother sentenced to 50 years in baby neglect deathSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- A Peoria County judge has handed down a 50-year sentence to a 22-year-old mother for neglecting her infant son, who died from an infection brought on by a near...
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State cemetery panel recommends more oversightSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - A task force is recommending tougher regulation and oversight of Illinois cemeteries in the wake of alleged desecration at a historic graveyard in suburban Chicago. The ...
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More candidates running for lieutenant gov.Sep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Two more Illinois Republicans are getting into the race for lieutenant governor. Edwardsville businessman Jason Plummer plans to announce his campaign Tue...
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Quinn endorsements cover political spectrumSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn covered the political spectrum by picking up endorsements from a couple of key union groups and a cadre of progressive politicians today. In separate news...