Articles filed under Illinois
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Intruder cooks, eats steak in Peoria homeFeb 08, 2009 10:00 pm - PEORIA -- Police in Peoria say a local man returned to his home to find someone had broken in, but nothing was missing -- except a $6 steak that he had left out to thaw....
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Crews clean 65,000-gallon oil spill near JolietFeb 08, 2009 10:00 pm - The Environmental Protection Agency says the Des Plaines River shoreline and embankments in suburban Chicago are being scoured to determine if waterfowl or aquatic life ...
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New tollway chief? No one told the new governorFeb 08, 2009 10:00 pm - When the tollway board picked a new chief Friday to run the multibillion-dollar highway system that rings the suburbs, Gov. Pat Quinn knew nothing about it. He read abo...
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Ill. monument to coal miners plannedFeb 08, 2009 10:00 pm - SESSER -- Plans are under way to honor Franklin County coal miners with a memorial planned in the southern Illinois town of Sesser. Sesser Monument Co. has been tapped t...
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It's time to step up for ethics reformFeb 08, 2009 10:00 pm - Former Governor Rod Blagojevich, a self-professed student of history, did not seem to pay the least bit of attention to the recent history of his predecessor, Gov. Georg...
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Ill. man charged in mother's strangulation deathFeb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - A 27-year-old south suburban Chicago man has been charged in the strangulation death of his 59-year-old mother. Police in Country Club Hills announced murder charges Sat...
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Judge seals Kevin Fox's arrest recordFeb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - A judge has sealed the records of a Wilmington's father's arrest in his 3-year-old daughter's death. Will County State's Attorney's office spokesman Charles Pelkie says ...
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DeKalb County woman convicted in theft ringFeb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - SYCAMORE -- A DeKalb County jury has convicted a 68-year-old woman of four felonies in connection with a multistate theft ring which police and prosecutors say was orche...
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Man sentenced to 28 years in carjackingFeb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - PEORIA --A judge has handed down a maximum 28-year prison sentence to a Peoria man who mugged and carjacked a Varna woman in a mall parking lot in December of 2007. Auth...
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Communications czar to head Illinois tollway systemFeb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Facing criticism over a new construction program linked to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption arrest, Illinois Tollway leaders turned to a public relations expert ...