Articles filed under Illinois
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Lawmakers raise vehicle registration fee $1 to buy new cop carsNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - State lawmakers voted to raise vehicle registration fees by $1 in order to come up with money to replace aging Illinois State Police cars. The increase, ap...
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Alton Steel laying off 41 workersNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - ALTON -- Alton Steel Inc. has confirmed that it will lay off 41 union production workers Sunday because of the economic downturn and production slowdown in the steel ind...
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Man imprisoned for 2 bank holdupsNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - BENTON -- A federal judge says a 23-year-old Indiana man should spend more than 38 years in federal prison for robbing two southern Illinois banks. Jacob Messic of Evans...
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Downstate town still throwing partyNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - GLEN CARBON -- A southwestern Illinois village says it isn't going to play Scrooge with its holiday party at a time when the sagging U.S. economy has many rethinking suc...
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Probation in firefighter's freeway deathNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - BENTON -- The driver of a Greyhound bus that struck and killed a southern Illinois firefighter has been sentenced to two years of probation as part of a plea deal with p...
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Union files third lawsuit over Pontiac prisonNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN _ The union that represents workers at a central Illinois prison filed another lawsuit Wednesday trying to stop the state from closing the facility until safet...
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Downstate man charged in pitbull attackNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - EAST CARONDELET -- A man has been charged with violating a St. Clair County ordinance after his pit bull allegedly attacked an 8-year-old boy on Veteran's Day. St. Clair...
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Officials: Manure spill under controlNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - AUGUSTA -- Emergency management officials say they're confident no lingering or long-long range problems will result from a massive pig manure spill near the town of Aug...
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Settlement reached in housing suitNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - A settlement in a class-action lawsuit is being hailed as a historic move forward for adults with developmental disabilities in Illinois. The state has agreed to help ad...
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Man gets 33 years for killing Illinois womanNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - CARLINVILLE _ A judge has sentenced a man to 33 years in prison for the 2003 strangling and beating death of a 22-year-old East Gillespie woman. Twenty-nine-year-old Ant...