Articles filed under Illinois
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SIU logs its first case of swine fluSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- Health officials at Southern Illinois University say the Carbondale school has logged its first case of swine flu. The university says the infected 20-year...
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3 drivers and tavern owner charged in hit-and-runSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Authorities in Springfield have issued warrants for three drivers and a tavern owner in an Aug. 25 fatal hit-and-run. Thursday's warrants charge 43-year-o...
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Downstate man dies in lawn tractor accidentSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - MICHAEL -- Authorities in southwestern Illinois' Calhoun County say a man was killed when a lawn tractor he was riding overturned, pinning him underneath. Investigators ...
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Quincy schools won't show Obama education speechSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - QUINCY -- Officials in the Quincy School District say they won't show President Obama's speech on education to students next week after dozens of parents called to prote...
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State gets grant to combat violence against womenSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois will receive a federal grant of nearly $4.4 million to combat violence against women. U.S. Rep. Bill Foster announced the grant Thursday from the Department of ...
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Official who stole from union ordered to prisonSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- A federal judge says a southwestern Illinois man who admitted to stealing nearly $187,000 from a prison correctional officers' union between 2001 and l...
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Gov. Quinn fills open U. of I. trustee slotsSep 03, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Gov. Pat Quinn has filled five positions on the University of Illinois board of trustees. The trustees named Friday are all university graduates. The new me...
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Illinois gets $200 million for unemployment planSep 02, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois will get more than $200 million in U.S. Labor Department funds to modernize its unemployment insurance program. The money is coming from the fede...
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Hynes plan: Let voters decide tax on new income tax structureSep 02, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The race to claim the Democratic nomination for governor is likely to be a contest over which tax increase voters like more. There's Gov. Pat Quinn's call ...
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Illinois, 3 other states target drunk drivers on Highway 41Sep 02, 2009 11:00 pm - U.S. Highway 41 through Illinois and three other states is being targeted Thursday and Friday for a crackdown on drunken driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Adm...