Articles filed under Illinois
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Downstate worker sold scrap for office suppliesOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - ALTON -- An Alton city worker has been suspended without pay for one month after apparently scrapping tons of metal from the city's wastewater plant, then using the mone...
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Services held for downstate soldierOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - HIGHLAND -- Hundreds of mourners have remembered a fallen southern Illinois soldier as someone who "could turn sorrow into laughter." At services Saturday in Highland, f...
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Constitutional convention supporters hold rallyOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn and former state Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka were among the speakers at a rally in Chicago Sunday to drum up support for a constitutional convention. ...
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Suburban races could decide if Dems keep control in SpringfieldOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A dozen suburban state Senate and House races could decide the balance of partisan power at the state Capitol as both parties now ramp up ads and grass-roo...
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Family needs $11K to save free-flying macawsOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - CARLINVILLE -- The family of the late Del Nejmanowski of Carlinville have set up a fund at a local bank and are seeking donations to trap his two former pet macaws and s...
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Hall's request to withdraw guilty plea is deniedOct 11, 2008 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- A St. Clair County judge has denied a woman's request to withdraw her guilty plea in the death of her pregnant friend, the unborn child and the victim's th...
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Illinois author chronicles desperadoesOct 11, 2008 11:00 pm - MACOMB -- With outlaws, John Hallwas has found out that psychology is as important as a six-shooter. Hallwas, an English professor emeritus at Western Illinois Universit...
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Motorcyclist dies after being hit by boatOct 11, 2008 11:00 pm - MAPLETON -- Authorities say a central Illinois motorcyclist was killed after being hit by a boat that was thrown off its trailer. Authorities say a station wagon pulling...
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Illinois. plant pays $1 million penalty in EPA pactOct 10, 2008 11:00 pm - A fiberglass manufacturing plant in northern Illinois will pay a $1 million penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. The agreement between fiberglass p...
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Regulators shut small banks in Mich., Ill.Oct 10, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON _ Regulators on Friday shut down two small banks, Main Street Bank in Michigan and Meridian Bank in Illinois. They brought to 15 the number of federally insu...