Articles filed under Illinois
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Authorities will tell how boys slainApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - HENNEPIN -- Putnam County authorities say they will wait until at least Friday to release information on how two boys were killed. Nine-year-old Duncan Connolly and his ...
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Feds: 'Significant' Blago court filing this afternoonApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald announced a court filing will come late this afternoon related to a "significant criminal matter," as the public awaits a formal indictm...
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Helmet law defeated in Illinois SenateApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Legislation requiring helmets for motorcyclists has crashed in the Senate. Chicago Democratic Sen. Donne (DAH'-nee) Trotter argues helmets are required in...
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Champaign woman pleads guilty in fatal fiery crashApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - URBANA -- A Champaign woman has admitted to driving drunk in a fiery December crash that killed a 24-year-old Ogden woman. Elizabeth Drewes pleaded guilty Wednesday to a...
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Primary election changes defeatedApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Voters will still be required to disclose their political party before casting a ballot in a primary election, after a proposal allowing open primaries was...
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Lyons officials recorded using racist languageApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - LYONS -- Officials of a Chicago suburb say they have apologized for using racist and sexist language in a conversation that was recorded. Village President David Visk sa...
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Lawmaker wants to take a look at lightening students' backpacksApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - As students are assigned more and more homework and schools pile on the college prep courses at an earlier age, their textbooks are giving them more than p...
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Lawmaker: If community colleges go 4-year, they shouldn't collect taxesApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A suburban lawmaker says if community colleges are interested in becoming four-year schools, then lawmakers might want to consider taking away their abilit...
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House OKs overhaul of state pension boardsApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois House has voted to overhaul management of state pension boards after the scandals of the Blagojevich administration. Under the plan, the dire...
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Home workers distribute counterfeit money ordersApr 01, 2009 11:00 pm - METROPOLIS -- The Massac County sheriff's department and U.S. Postal Service investigators are looking into a scheme to distribute counterfeit money orders and money tra...