Articles filed under Illinois
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Bureaucratic mistake keeps study under wrapsSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- An erroneously identified contractor mentioned in a request to the Department of Corrections for information has left a panel of state lawmakers without f...
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State launches debate for getting drugs out of drinking waterSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - While everyone wants clean drinking water free of pharmaceuticals, getting vested interests to collaborate on a solution is another issue, state leaders found Tuesday. F...
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Voter registration deadline approachingSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - More than 7 million Illinois residents have registered to vote as the deadline to do so approaches early next month. The Illinois State Board of Elections ...
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Elgin treatment center blames Blagojevich for cuts, layoffsSep 09, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - A drug treatment center in Elgin is laying off staff members and eliminating beds because of state budget cuts, the group that runs the center announced Tu...
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Woodfield is called state's top tourist destination, but it's no exact scienceSep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - It's become a source of pride in Schaumburg to point to Woodfield Shopping Center as the most visited tourist destination in Illinois. And while there aren't a great num...
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Noose found at ISU work siteSep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - NORMAL -- Workers demolishing two residence halls at Illinois State University found a noose hanging at the site. ISU President Al Bowman issued a statement saying that ...
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Pigeons dying in downstate Ill.Sep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - ALTON -- Alton is turning into a roach motel for pigeons: They check in but they don't check out. "For about a week now, there have just been dozens of pigeons dying a s...
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Lawsuit alleges abuse at Greek Orthodox ChurchSep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - A former altar boy in a Chicago-area Greek Orthodox Church contends a priest sexually abused him in the 1970s and church officials covered it up. The lawsuit filed Tuesd...
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Concerns over rail sale in NW IndianaSep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - GARY, Ind. _ Canadian National Railway Co.'s proposed purchase of a smaller railroad with lines through northwestern Indiana worries those working on plans to extend the...
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Amtrak train derailsSep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - More than 200 Amtrak passengers were delayed after a train traveling from St. Louis to Chicago derailed around 7:50 p.m. One set of wheels on a car came off the tracks a...