Articles filed under Illinois
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Obama returning to Illinois for Lincoln's 200thFeb 02, 2009 10:00 pm - For the first time since before his inauguration, President Barack Obama will return to Illinois later this month to commemorate the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. ...
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Economic turmoil awaits state in post-Blagojevich eraFeb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - With a state focused for weeks on the antics and ouster of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, many state lawmakers fear the proceedings masked an economic disast...
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Four years in fatal DUI crashFeb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - MARION -- The prosecutor in Williamson County says he hopes the four-year prison sentence a Marion man got in a drunken-driving fatality discourages others from driving ...
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Lane Bryant shooting victims' families mark anniversaryFeb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - TINLEY PARK -- Mike Hudek still longs for the 12:15 p.m. daily phone call with his sister. The short check-in over lunch hour was a time to recount the day's events with...
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Legislature should join clean cars pushFeb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - When President Barack Obama directed the EPA to reconsider 14 states' requests to impose strict limits on greenhouse gas emissions from cars, he paved the way for the st...
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Man gets probation in stockpiled guns caseFeb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - A Jefferson County man who authorities say was found stockpiling guns and ammunition in his southern Illinois home has been sentenced to two years of probation. Fifty-fo...
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Grafton to clean mold out of police stationFeb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - GRAFTON -- The City Council in the Jersey County community of Grafton has agreed to spend thousands of dollars to eradicate mold contamination in the Grafton Police Depa...
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Witnesses: Cop looked like robbery suspectFeb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Investigators on the case of a Carbondale police officer accused of robbing a bank once joked during the probe that the patrolman looked like the suspect shown in survei...
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Former GOP leader Watson retiring from SenateFeb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Former Illinois Senate Minority Leader Frank Watson is retiring to focus on recovering from an October stroke. The 63-year-old Greenville Republican will ...
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Pella scaling back hours at Ill. plantFeb 01, 2009 10:00 pm - SIOUX CENTER, Iowa -- A second round of layoffs has hit a Pella Corp. plant in Sioux Center in northwest Iowa. The company says 86 workers have been laid off. Pella spok...