Articles filed under Illinois
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Police: Burglar steals $16,000 from churchNov 20, 2008 10:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE _ The search is on in Edwardsville for a burglar who police say stole $16,000 in money and checks from a church. Police have released a surveillance camera ...
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Urn sold for scrap reunited with sonNov 20, 2008 10:00 pm - EAST ALTON -- A 10-year-old Illinois boy has the ashes of his late father back, weeks after someone sold the tiny heart-shaped urn containing the cremains to a scrap dea...
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Body found in state park identifiedNov 20, 2008 10:00 pm - ULLIN, Ill. _ Authorities say a body found several days ago in a rural area of a southern Illinois park is that of a 55-year-old Kendall County man. Illinois State Polic...
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Cops taking new look at woman's deathNov 20, 2008 10:00 pm - FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS -- Authorities who believed a Belleville woman died of an accidental drug overdose before her body was found months ago now think the case may have been...
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Convicted Illinois rapist free from jailNov 20, 2008 10:00 pm - URBANA -- A judge has ruled that a 39-year-old man convicted of sexual assault and later deemed "sexually violent" does not have to return to prison. Vincent Lipscomb of...
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Lawmakers approve clean coal projects billNov 20, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD _ Illinois lawmakers agreed Thursday to aid development of two "clean coal" projects, including a proposed $2.5 billion power plant near Taylorville. Under l...
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Carpool lanes approved for state tollwaysNov 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Tollway officials are leaping forward with plans to update two major interchanges and carve out a lane across the system for carpoolers, gas sippers and big spenders. Go...
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Ill. Senate Democrats pick Cullerton as new leaderNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD _ Illinois Senate Democrats picked Chicagoan John Cullerton to become their leader, part of a shake-up Wednesday that could change the atmosphere at a stateh...
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Community colleges to step up efforts to serve military, familiesNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - Those who have served will, in turn, be served. Beginning in January, community colleges across the state will step up efforts to make educational and community service...
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Eastern Illinois biodiesel plant opensNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - DANVILLE _ The owners of an eastern Illinois biodiesel plant have opened it months after buying the facility from its builders. Blackhawk Biofuels says the plant in Danv...