Articles filed under Illinois
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Infants' remains in car trunk in plastic bagsAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Two infant skeletons found in the trunk of an impounded car owned by an Illinois woman charged with leaving a newborn to freeze on a roadside were wrapped in cloth and s...
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Downstate town eases restrictions on panhandlingAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- Belleville is giving beggars a break. The southwestern Illinois city had required panhandlers to get written consent from the mayor, but the City Council v...
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Illinois fines La Salle County Nursing HomeAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - OTTAWA -- LaSalle County Nursing Home has been hit with a $20,000 fine for violations stemming from the molestation of several female patients by a resident of the home....
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U. of I faculty want say on new trusteesAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - URBANA -- University of Illinois faculty are pressing Gov. Pat Quinn to consider their input when he hires new trustees to lead the university's three campuses. The facu...
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Cop: 2 bodies found in downstate homeAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - STAUNTON -- Authorities in Macoupin County say they don't suspect foul play in the deaths of two men whose bodies were found in a home's basement. Thirty-two-year-old De...
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Chris Kennedy out of Senate raceAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Merchandise Mart CEO Chris Kennedy, son of the late Robert F. Kennedy, has decided not to run for Senate despite floating his potential bid for months. In a letter makin...
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New laws to help soldiers' familiesAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- There are several new laws in Illinois meant to help relatives of soldiers killed during their service. Gov. Pat Quinn signed the bills Sunday. He says Il...
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Man drowns in Harrisburg city lagoonAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - HARRISBURG -- Authorities in southern Illinois' Saline County are investigating a man's weekend drowning death in a Harrisburg city park's lagoon. Coroner Randy Reed say...
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Pedestrian struck, killed by Amtrak trainAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - BRAIDWOOD -- A person is dead after being struck by an Amtrak train about 20 miles south of Joliet. Amtrak spokesman Cliff Cole says the unidentified male was struck on ...
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New state law goes after government secrecyAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - When a Wheaton taxpayer wanted to know how much his local public school superintendent made, his freedom of information request was rejected by Wheaton War...