Articles filed under Illinois
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Stickney firefighter charged with child pornSep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - A suburban Chicago fire lieutenant has been charged with felony possession of child pornography. The FBI said Monday that agents arrested 53-year-old Michael J. Grueber ...
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Shooting by police under investigationSep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Authorities are investigating a weekend incident in which a Cape Girardeau officer shot a man outside a bar. Police say 20-year-old Jordan Modicue...
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Girl, 3, dies; mother charged with batterySep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - HERRIN -- A southern Illinois teenage mother is jailed without bond on a Williamson County battery charge filed after her 3-year-old daughter's weekend death. Eighteen-y...
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State warns of E. coli risk from lettuceSep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Department of Public Health is warning of E. coli risks from iceberg lettuce distributed by a Michigan-based company. Health officials say at...
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NIU to move temporary memorial to shooting victimsSep 28, 2008 11:00 pm - DEKALB -- Northern Illinois University has decided to move a temporary memorial to students killed in a February campus shooting to make it more accessible for those wan...
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Authorities: 61-year-old woman in prostitution ringSep 27, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Court documents show a 61-year-old woman from a small central Illinois village played a key role in an alleged multistate prostitution ring. Letha Deanna D...
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Oak Lawn middle school student has with meningitisSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - School officials in Oak Lawn say a middle school student has been hospitalized with bacterial meningitis. Superintendent Kathleen McCord of Oak Lawn-Homewood School Dis...
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Police seize $15 mil of cocaine in Chicago suburbsSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities say they seized cocaine worth more than $15 million in a joint push this week by police in the Chicago suburbs of Hickory Hills and Justice. They said Friday...
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Two troopers wounded in shootout identifiedSep 26, 2008 11:00 pm - CARBONDALE -- Illinois State Police have released the names of two troopers wounded in a southern Illinois shootout that killed a suspect. Brian Dickmann, who has been w...
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Ill. diocese to appeal priest-abuse judgmentSep 25, 2008 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- The bishop of Belleville says the diocese will appeal a jury award of $5 million to a former altar boy who was sexually abused by a priest. Bishop Edward B...