Articles filed under Illinois
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Preschooler in Normal left on school busSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - NORMAL -- How does a preschooler end up left alone on parked school bus for 30 minutes? That's what officials want to know after an employee at a transportation garage i...
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More than 70,000 enrolled at U of ISep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - URBANA -- Enrollment is up 1 percent this fall at the University of Illinois' three campuses in Urbana-Champaign, Chicago and Springfield. According to preliminary figur...
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Downstate fire official face child porn chargesSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - BENTON -- An assistant fire chief in southern Illinois is on administrative leave after being charged by federal prosecutors with having and distributing child pornograp...
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Ax still falling on state jobs, parks, historic sitesSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Hundreds of state layoffs and the closing of two dozen state historic sites and parks will proceed as planned in the comings weeks as Illinois lawmakers ap...
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Suspect in 8 murders dissatisfied with attorneysSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - GALESBURG, Ill. _ A man suspected in a gruesome beating spree in June that left eight dead in Illinois and Missouri told a Knox County judge Thursday that he is not hap...
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SIU enrollment highest since 1975Sep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- Fall enrollment at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville is shattering the school's records. Provost Paul Ferguson says the campus' overall enroll...
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Enrollment down 3.4 percent at NIUSep 11, 2008 11:00 pm - DEKALB -- Northern Illinois University officials say enrollment is down 3.4 percent, but they blame a sour economy for the drop, not a shooting rampage by a former stude...
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Governor's ethics bill may be deadSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois House has delivered a sharp rebuke to the governor by overwhelmingly voting to override his veto of an ethics bill. The override passed 110-0 ...
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Priest suspended after cocaine chargesSep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - URBANA -- A Catholic priest on the University of Illinois campus has been suspended after being charged with selling cocaine from his church office and rectory. The Reve...
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Downstate man charged in death of child, 5Sep 10, 2008 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- Madison County officials say a 35-year-old Cottage Hills man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend's 5-year-old son. F...