Articles filed under Illinois
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Good-government groups urge override of vetoesSep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Eight good-government groups are urging lawmakers in an open letter to reject changes Gov. Rod Blagojevich made to two campaign finance-reform bills. The I...
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Woman dead, man injured in stabbingSep 08, 2008 11:00 pm - CARTERVILLE -- A woman is dead and a man hospitalized after an early morning stabbing in southern Illinois. Williamson County Sheriff Tom Cundiff says deputies respondin...
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Fatal traffic accidents declining in IllinoisSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- Illinois State Police say 2008 may be least deadly year on Illinois roadways in recent history. Master Sergeant Brian Ley says that as of Friday, only 681 traf...
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Third pleads guilty to downstate bank heistSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - BENTON -- Sentencing is set for December 5th for the last of three men accused of robbing a southern Illinois bank. Sixty-four-year-old John Brown of Evansville, Indiana...
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State police say driver tried to sell hot pizza swiped from SchaumburgSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - GARY, Ind. -- Anthony Herbert Lee must have hoped more than 13 tons of frozen pizza would have him rolling in dough. Instead, he was cooling his heels behind bars. Lee, ...
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Train derailment in Champaign blocks trafficSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Officials say a train derailment in Champaign will continue to block traffic all day. Seven cars came off the Canadian National Railway tracks on State Stre...
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Obama takes daughters to first day of schoolSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama held his daughters' hands when he escorted them to their first day of school. The girls arrived at the University of Chicago...
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Credit unions to help with college aidSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Eight Illinois credit unions -- including ones in Vernon Hills, Elgin and Schaumburg -- have partnered with two state agencies to provide $100 million in financial aid f...
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Railroads cracking down on scrap theftsSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - ALTON -- Several railroad companies are banding together to try to stem the theft of metals sold off for scrap. A task force including police with Burlington Northern, S...
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Cops probe downstate post office break-inSep 07, 2008 11:00 pm - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- Police in East St. Louis were investigating a a break-in at a post office building there. Detective Ricky Perry says East St. Louis Police respon...