Articles filed under Illinois
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Prison guards hired amid budget messDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Associated Press has learned that Illinois hired 208 new prison guards just weeks after Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced layoffs because of budget cuts....
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Washington Park clerk admits embezzlingDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS -- Sentencing is set for next March for a woman who admits embezzling nearly $144,000 from the southwestern Illinois village of Washington Park while she ...
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Ill. towns top nation in unemploymentDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Three Illinois communities are among the top 10 small-and-medium-sized U.S. cities with the highest unemployment rates. The southern Chicago suburb of Harvey has the thi...
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Complaint: Zell receptive to firing editorsDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was told by an aide that Tribune Co. owner Sam Zell was receptive to firing Chicago Tribune editorial writers who had been critical of ...
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Charleston tops nation in income dropDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - CHARLESTON -- The east-central Illinois community of Charleston has seen the biggest drop in median household income among small-and-medium-sized U.S. cities. New census...
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Great Lakes Compact takes effect todayDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - MADISON, Wis. -- A multistate treaty to limit the use of Great Lakes water goes into effect Monday. The Great Lakes Compact generally bars large-scale, long-distance wit...
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Mitsubishi to idle Ill. factory for 7 weeksDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. plans to stop building vehicles at its Illinois plant for seven weeks starting in mid-February, as the company struggles with a 25 percent drop i...
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Woman charged in crash that killed 3Dec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - A 43-year-old LaSalle County woman is due to be arraigned this coming week on charges related to a drunken driving crash that left a woman and her two young children dea...
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St. Louis-bound train hits truck; 10 hurtDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - BRIGHTON -- Amtrak says one of its trains slammed into a tractor-trailer that blocked the tracks in southern Illinois, injuring nine passengers and a crew member. Amtrak...
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Blago: Jackson Jr. a 'strong candidate' to replace ObamaDec 07, 2008 10:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is another candidate interested in the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he's meeting Monday wit...