Articles filed under Illinois
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State GOP plans to turn table on DemsJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Both times Rod Blagojevich was elected governor, it was as if he'd run against the same opponent: the legacy of a corrupt former governor who was the disgraced face of t...
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Police investigate 2 deaths after partyJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - WATAGA -- Police are investigating the deaths of two men who died after a weekend party at a home in the west central Illinois community of Wataga (wuh-TAH-guh). Knox Co...
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Blago trial delays action on state's real woesJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- While the Illinois Senate zeros in on Gov. Rod Blagojevich in a historic impeachment trial, other vital state issues are being shoved aside. There will be...
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Fertility center opens at SIUJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The medical school at Southern Illinois University in Springfield has opened a new fertility center. Three SIU faculty physicians and three senior laborat...
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Freight train derails near Kankakee County town of Grant ParkJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Authorities say about 20 cars of a freight train derailed near the small Kankakee County town of Grant Park, about 50 miles south of Chicago. There were no reports of in...
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Local lawmaker targets puppy millsJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Two Illinois area lawmakers are pushing legislation aimed at cracking down on puppy mills. Chicago Rep. John Fritchey and Sen. Dan Kotowski of Mt. Prospect announced the...
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Durbin doubts Bush will help ex-Gov. RyanJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON - As President George W. Bush was set to leave office late Monday, it seemed former Gov. George Ryan's hope to be freed from jail would depart with him. If a...
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Former Marine arrested in 1972 murder caseJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - DANVILLE -- A 56-year-old central Illinois man awaits extradition to North Carolina to face allegations he participated in the 1972 shooting death of a Camp Lejeune Mari...
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Ill. factory lays off 26 percent of work forceJan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - WOOD RIVER -- A railroad repair company in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis says it's been hit by the automobile industry's decline and must lay off 31 workers. Manager S...
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Springfield reports power consumption recordJan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD --The recent blast of subzero winter weather is causing record power consumption in Springfield. Springfield, City Water, Light and Power says the state's ca...