Articles filed under Illinois
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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...
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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...