Articles filed under Illinois
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Quinn to name new jails bossMay 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn says he's going to appoint a new head of the Illinois Department of Corrections. Quinn refused Tuesday to divulge who he would name, but he said an announ...
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Quinn names Chicago alderman as adviserMay 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn has named Chicago Alderman Billy Ocasio as his new senior adviser. Quinn is counting on Ocasio to be his right-hand man and to be a part of all of the adm...
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SIU reopens, outages linger in storm's wakeMay 11, 2009 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- Southern Illinois University in Carbondale has reopened four days after deadly storms raked the region, leaving more than 28,000 homes and businesses still...
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Illinois toll agency leads muni sales with Build America BondsMay 11, 2009 11:00 pm - The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority leads municipal borrowers today with a $500 million offering of taxable Build America Bonds to finance expansion and rebuilding...
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Students again sent home from Lockport Central HighMay 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Security concerns are again disrupting classes at a suburban Chicago high school. Officials sent students at Lockport Township High School home Tuesday morning after som...
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Man gives fingerprints in triple homicideMay 11, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBIA -- A southwestern Illinois man whose wife and two children were found murdered last week in their home has given investigators his fingerprints. Investigators d...
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Lockport Central students injured after suspicious item foundMay 10, 2009 11:00 pm - LOCKPORT -- Students at a suburban Chicago high school say they huddled behind locked classroom doors for more than 2 hours after a plastic bottle that may have containe...
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Illinois confirms 466 cases of swine fluMay 10, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 466 confirmed cases of swine flu statewide, a jump of 45 cases in one day. According to Sunday's tal...
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Storm cleanup continues in southern IllinoisMay 10, 2009 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- Cleanup continues in southern Illinois from last week's deadly storm that still has tens of thousands of homes and businesses without elecricity. St. Louis...
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R. Kelly lawyers may take Blago's caseMay 10, 2009 11:00 pm - A father-and-son team of lawyers whose courtroom theatrics captured the spotlight at the trial of R&B singer R. Kelly hinted Monday they may come aboard the defense team...