Articles filed under Illinois
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State has holiday gift for 85 workers: Pink slipsNov 25, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Blagojevich administration says 85 state employees will lose their jobs Sunday as budget cuts to parks, historic sites and human services take effect....
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Central Ill. teacher faces drug chargesNov 24, 2008 10:00 pm - LEROY _ A central Illinois high school teacher faces drug charges after police found cocaine in her pocket. Twenty-seven-year-old Miki Aberle is an English teacher at Le...
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School apologizes for making students kneelNov 24, 2008 10:00 pm - CLINTON _ Officials at a central Illinois junior high are apologizing for making students kneel during a school assembly. In a letter to parents, leaders from Clinton Ju...
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Ceiling collapses at Thomson prisonNov 24, 2008 10:00 pm - THOMSON -- A drywall ceiling collapsed in a minimum security wing at the Thomson Correctional Center. Illinois Corrections Department spokesman Derek Schnapp says the wi...
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Illinois has landfill space for 18 yearsNov 24, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD _ State environmental officials say overall disposal capacity in Illinois is sufficient for the next 18 years. That's despite a 3.5 decline in space. The Ill...
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Downstate sheriff wants to limit jailingsNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Sangamon County Sheriff Neil Williamson is asking police chiefs across the county to help reduce jail overcrowding by not locking up people accused of som...
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Cops raid party near Bradley UniversityNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - PEORIA -- Illinois State Police say they ticketed or arrested 65 partygoers, about two-thirds of them Bradley University athletes, in a weekend raid at an off-campus hou...
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Cops: Body found in river is missing momNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - ROCKFORD -- Rockford police say a body found in the Rock River belongs to a mother of three who was reported missing several weeks ago. Authorities say a jogger found th...
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Prosecutors probe missing cemetery fundsNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- Prosecutors from St. Clair and Madison counties and Illinois State Police were scheduled to meet this week in a probe of $300,000 in prepaid burial funds t...
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Chemistry industry is vital to economyNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - As the Obama administration takes form over the next several weeks and begins crafting policy, the nation's new leaders need to have a firm understanding of the crucial ...