Articles filed under Illinois
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New leader at Western Illinois U. will get $320K a yearDec 18, 2020 6:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - Trustees at Western Illinois University approved a 2 1/2-year contract with the school's new president Friday and set the salary at $320,000 a year. ...
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Colorado reports 40K people filed for jobless benefitsDec 18, 2020 6:00 am - DENVER (AP) - Colorado reported unemployment filings have ticked up during the latest surge of the coronavirus pandemic, rising by more than 11% in the last week, offici...
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COVID-19 deaths in Illinois reach 15K; nearly 887K casesDec 18, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Deaths in Illinois from the coronavirus illness topped 15,000 on Friday, public health officials said. The state passed the grim milestone with...
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Ohio woman charged in 1992 infant death in IllinoisDec 18, 2020 6:00 am - MOLINE, Ill. (AP) - An Ohio woman has been charged with murder in the death of an infant whose body was found in a trash bag floating along the shores of Mississippi Riv...
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17,000 health workers vaccinated so far; nursing homes could get shots Dec. 28Dec 18, 2020 12:00 am - Deaths from COVID-19 surpassed 15,000 Friday, officials reported, as more than 17,000 health care workers in the suburbs and beyond have been vaccinated against the resp...
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Woman sentenced for helping in fatal St. Louis carjackingDec 17, 2020 6:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - A woman who pleaded guilty to helping a man commit a fatal carjacking in St. Louis has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Jana Stowers, 21, of East S...
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Bankers say economy is improving in rural parts of 10 statesDec 17, 2020 6:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The economy is improving in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states, but the region continues to lag behind where it was before the coronavirus pa...
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Remains believed those of missing woman found in Pope CoDec 17, 2020 6:00 am - HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) - Remains believed to be those of a missing Harrisburg woman have been discovered in southern Illinois not far from where she was last seen, author...
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Illinois COVID deaths, cases rise slightly; 43,000 vaccine doses deliveredDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - Deaths and COVID-19 infections rose slightly Thursday with 8,828 new cases and 181 more deaths from the respiratory disease, as the state finalized distribution of its f...
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Man enters guilty plea in fatal shooting of ex-wifeDec 16, 2020 6:00 am - JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) - A Beaver Dam man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting his ex-wife in a plea deal with prosecutors. Ulisses Medina Espinosa, 33, entered the plea t...