Articles filed under Illinois
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Hundreds attend 'Blessing of the Bikes' in BloomingtonApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- For hundreds of central Illinois motorcyclists, it was the day of the Holy Harley. More than 400 motorcycle riders attended Saturday's 17th annual Blessin...
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Charges possible in worker's deathApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- The St. Clair County state's attorney will decide within weeks whether to file charges in the death of a 39-year-old worker in a highway construction zone....
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Downstate bingo hall robbed at gunpointApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - GRANITE CITY -- A gunman apparently wasn't playing games when he walked into a southwestern Illinois bingo hall with a shotgun and robbed the place. Police in Granite Ci...
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Ill. ranks 8th in wind powerApr 12, 2009 11:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Texas continues to blow away the competition, but Iowa can now generate more wind power than California, according to a new industry report to be re...
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Great Lakes firefighter pulled from burning car in DecaturApr 11, 2009 11:00 pm - DECATUR -- Firefighters in Decatur say they have never seen such heroic determination as handyman Anthony McNeil showed recently in rescuing another man from a burning c...
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Aon exec to replace Quigley on Cook County BoardApr 11, 2009 11:00 pm - A former Chicago City Hall administrator has been chosen to replace outgoing Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley as he heads to Congress. During a meeting Saturday, De...
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2 killed in crash of vintage plane near SandwichApr 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Two people flying in a 1946-era airplane died in a crash Saturday in north central Illinois, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The single-engine aircraft went do...
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Thousands participate in first Illinois MarathonApr 11, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Organizers for the inaugural Illinois Marathon say the race could have a $1 million economic impact on the Champaign-Urbana area. Organizer Mark Knutson say...
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Voters weigh in, lawmakers fret over looming tax hikeApr 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Voters seemed angry at the ballot box last week. In Cook County, they voiced opposition to a sales-tax hike - by 90 percent in some towns - and threatened to secede from...
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Illinois struggles as economy keeps sputteringApr 11, 2009 11:00 pm - BELVIDERE -- The signs of Illinois' economic crisis are all around Ginger Tessema. Her husband's pink slip. The foreclosure signs in her neighborhood. Even the racks in ...