Articles filed under Illinois
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Mom gets year in jail for deadly underage partyOct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - PONTIAC _ A central Illinois mother has been sentenced to a year in jail for charges related to an underage drinking party that left a teen dead. Before her sentencing T...
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Cook, DuPage get disaster assistanceOct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Four Illinois counties have gotten approval for federal assistance to help local governments deal with the severe flooding that hit the state in September...
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Blagojevich proposes carpool lanes for toll roadsOct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Drivers who carpool will get a break from the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, which today announced plans to create "Green Lanes" for vehicles with two or more oc...
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Judge: Blagojevich must halt health care expansionOct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - A judge on Wednesday renewed an order banning state officials from making payments under Gov. Rod Blagojevich's expanded health care program, and said it's time for the ...
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House cancels half of November veto sessionOct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House of Representatives has canceled half of an upcoming veto session. Word of the change came Tuesday in a memo from House Speaker Michael M...
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Rock Valley employee charged with stealing $1 millionOct 13, 2008 11:00 pm - ROCKFORD _ Authorities say a former employee at the Rock Valley Federal Credit Union has been charged with stealing more than $1 million over 15 years by misstating cred...
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Firefighter killed during training exerciseOct 13, 2008 11:00 pm - DECATUR -- Investigators in central Illinois are looking into a crash that left a volunteer firefighter dead during a training exercise. Sangamon County Coroner Susan Bo...
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Man gets 41 years for bank holdupsOct 13, 2008 11:00 pm - BENTON -- A federal judge says an Indiana man should spend more than 41 years in prison for robbing two southern Illinois banks. The judge in Benton also ordered 56-year...
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Downstate woman shot self, husbandOct 13, 2008 11:00 pm - EL PASO -- A coroner says a woman found dead in her home in the central Illinois town of El Paso died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the chest. Woodford County Coroner T...
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Voters get say 'concealed carry' questionOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - EUREKA -- Voters in 14 Illinois counties will have a chance next month to let Springfield know what they think about citizens' right to carry concealed firearms. The ref...