Articles filed under Illinois
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Police ticket dozens of students after basketball tournamentMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- State police say they cited 83 people for underage drinking following several parties in the Peoria area after the first day of a high school state basketball ...
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Gettysburg Address reading falls short of recordMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- An attempt to honor Abraham Lincoln by setting a new world record for the most people reading aloud fell short of the goal -- and by a lot more than four ...
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State's nursing homes tops in younger mentally illMar 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Illinois ranks highest among the states in the number of mentally ill adults under age 65 living in nursing homes: 12,736 last year, according to an Associated Press ana...
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Alleged 'enemy combatant' faces trial in IllinoisMar 21, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- Ali al-Marri followed his older brother to central Illinois in the mid-1980s to pursue a business education unavailable in his native Qatar, becoming a Bulls f...
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Woman arrested after drive through at the blood bankMar 21, 2009 11:00 pm - ROCK ISLAND -- Police in Rock Island say they have arrested a woman for allegedly driving her car through the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center. The woman, who wa...
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Bill would allow more red-light traffic camerasMar 21, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Lawmakers are considering a bill to allow some central Illinois cities to install cameras to catch cars running red lights. The Illinois House this week a...
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State names new police directorMar 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Just two days after the Illinois State Police director resigned abruptly, Gov. Pat Quinn appointed a 29-year-old West Point graduate and former mortgage banker to the po...
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Rockford man shoots friend while aiming at dogMar 21, 2009 11:00 pm - ROCKFORD -- Police in Rockford say a man who was apparently aiming at a stray dog instead shot an acquaintance in the head and fled before officers arrived at the scene....
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15-year-old questioned in stabbing of grandmotherMar 21, 2009 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- Police in Belleville say they have been questioning a 15-year-old boy in the fatal stabbing of his 68-year-old grandmother. Officers say the stabbing occur...
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Impact of Joliet casino fire still unknownMar 21, 2009 11:00 pm - JOLIET -- Little damage was done to the gambling barge itself, but authorities say they're uncertain how much local financial impact will result from the massive fire at...