Articles filed under Illinois
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Parents pull kids from day care as money tightensNov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - The nation's economic troubles play out one family at a time at the New Horizons Learning Center in Rockford. Some parents have been laid off and must pull their childre...
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Voters push change at White House, but not statehouseNov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Suburban voters turned out in droves to back Barack Obama's message of "change" last week, but on the state front, they sent back to Springfield nearly all...
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Whooping cough outbreak in Rockford areaNov 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Winnebago County has had 38 cases of whooping cough since the end of October, compared to just one case in all of last year. The northern Illinois county's health depart...
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3 corpses found inside Evanston homeNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - EVANSTON _ Authorities say three people found dead today inside a house in suburban Chicago were dead "for some time." Evanston police said Friday that a preliminary inv...
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Duckworth: I'd fill Obama's Senate seat, serve his administrationNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Illinois' Veterans Affairs director says she'd be honored to serve in the U.S. Senate if Gov. Rod Blagojevich taps her to fill Barack Obama's seat. Tammy Duckworth also ...
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Illinois gets almost $39 mil in federal flood aidNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Officials say more than 16,000 families, individuals and businesses have been approved for nearly $39 million in federal aid following September flooding and storms in n...
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Union: State didn't bargain before Pontiac layoffsNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - The union that represents employees at a central Illinois prison filed a lawsuit Friday to try to block the state from laying off workers as officials move ahead with pl...
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Alton woman accused of killing mother found unfitNov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - GODFREY _ An Alton woman accused of strangling her 86-year-old mother, then hiding the carpet-wrapped body under a wood pile has been found unfit to stand trial. Associa...
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Rock Island correctional officer charged with misconductNov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - ROCK ISLAND _ Authorities say a veteran Rock Island County correctional officer has been charged with accepting money from an inmate who wanted it to appear a weekend ja...
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GOP Sen. Bill Brady will run for governorNov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois legislative races ended just this week, but it's not too soon for politicians to get in place for the 2010 gubernatorial contest. Bloomington...