Articles filed under Illinois
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20 Ill. inmates released to ease crowdingJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- Crowding in the St. Clair County Jail is forcing the release of many of its prisoners. As part of a program called "Cop Out," 20 prisoners who were accused...
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More than 3,100 swine flu cases in stateJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Health officials say the number of swine flu cases in Illinois has risen to more than 3,100. There have been 13 deaths in the state from the virus. The Il...
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Walgreens walk-in clinics to test diabetes careJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Diabetes care is coming to Walgreens. The nation's largest drugstore chain plans a pilot program offering chronic disease care in its Take Care walk-in health clinics. I...
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Mississippi's still fattest but Alabama closing inJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. Illinois ran...
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Quinn: Adults don't 'put off decisions'Jun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Like a parent scolding misbehaving children, Gov. Pat Quinn admonished lawmakers Tuesday for putting off the state's problems and warned them a long, hot s...
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Sheley asks to move murder trial out of GalesburgJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - GALESBURG -- Attorneys for Nicholas Sheley have asked that his first murder trial be moved out of Knox County because they believe a local jury probably won't impartial....
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Governor Quinn vetoes bare-bones budgetJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn has vetoed the bare-bones budget lawmakers sent him. Quinn's veto Wednesday leaves the state without a spending plan on the first day of th...
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Illinois judge arrested for DUIJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON, Ill. -- Police say a Peoria County judge has been arrested and charged with drunken driving. Washington police chief Jim Kuchenbecker said Tuesday that Assoc...
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Galena to host Civil War encampmentJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The War Between the States will return to Galena with a Civil War encampment July 18-19 near the Ulysses S. Grant Home State Historic Site. Re-enactors of...
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Judge orders state to meet child welfare rulesJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - A federal judge says planned cuts in child-welfare services envisioned under the so-called doomsday budget passed by both houses of the Illinois legislature violate basi...