Articles filed under Illinois
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Civic group criticizes Quinn spending planMay 10, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn's budget proposal is under fire from a civic group that says it would raise taxes without solving the state's fundamental problems. The Chi...
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Savio's mother 'happy' Drew Peterson arrestedMay 09, 2009 11:00 pm - STONE PARK -- The mother of Drew Peterson's slain third wife Kathleen Savio says she's happy the former Bolingbrook police sergeant has been arrested and charged with h...
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Ameren works to restore power to 63,000 customersMay 09, 2009 11:00 pm - MARION -- Ameren says more than 1,200 workers are in southern Illinois trying to restore power to about 63,500 customers left in the dark by severe storms. The utility c...
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Lake searched in Columbia triple slayingMay 09, 2009 11:00 pm - COLUMBIA -- Detectives in scuba gear searched a lake behind the southern Illinois home where a mother and her two boys were murdered. Private funeral services are schedu...
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Quinn declares 3 S. Ill. counties disaster areasMay 09, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn has declared three southern Illinois counties state disaster areas after severe storms swept through the region. The declaration allows the...
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Ill. lacks true role models as it seeks reformMay 09, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- As Illinois tries to shake its bad boy image of corruption, the state is finding few role models that prove it's possible to change a culture where shady ...
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Illinois confirms 421 cases of swine fluMay 09, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Health officials say they've confirmed 421 cases of swine flu in Illinois, including 187 in Chicago. Saturday's tally from the Illinois Department of Publ...
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Agreement reached on high-speed rail corridorMay 08, 2009 11:00 pm - ST. LOUIS -- Union Pacific Railroad and the state of Illinois announced an agreement Friday to assess what must be done to operate both freight and high-speed passenger...
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Illinois teen pleads guilty in OD deathMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - BELOIT, Wis. -- An Illinois teen has pleaded guilty to manufacturing and delivering heroin to a Beloit teen who overdosed. Nineteen-year-old Johnathon M. Handy of Rockto...
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Illinois confirms 393 cases of swine fluMay 07, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Health officials say swine flu has spread into southern Illinois with a single confirmed case in Franklin County. The Illinois Department of Public Health...