Articles filed under Illinois
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Indiana man admits robbing 2 Ill. banksAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - BENTON -- A 23-year-old Indiana man says he robbed two southern Illinois banks. Jacob Messic of Evansville, Indiana, pleaded guilty in federal court in Benton to two cou...
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State court green lights priest abuse caseAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - BELLEVILLE -- The Illinois Supreme Court says it won't intervene in a 47-year-old Champaign man's lawsuit against the Diocese of Belleville over sex-abuse allegations de...
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Man dies in S. Illinois tractor accidentAug 17, 2008 11:00 pm - PRAIRIETOWN -- Authorities say a 21-year-old man has died in a tractor accident in unincorporated Madison County. Investigators say Lucas Wiemers was driving the tractor...
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State national guardsmen off to trainingAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - As the noonday sun beat down upon the football field at East Aurora High School Saturday, Liza Calabrese-Carnagio of Aurora walked toward her seat in the grandstand. She...
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Lake Delton cleanup begins following breachAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - LAKE DELTON, Wis. _ Cleanup crews have begun extracting debris that filled the Wisconsin River after summer flooding caused Lake Delton to breach. Wisconsin's Departmen...
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Coroner: Tasered man died from cocaineAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - ROCKFORD _ Winnebago County authorities say a 29-year-old man who died in June after being shot with a Taser passed away from the effects of cocaine. Winnebago County Co...
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Rock Island man gets 40 years for stabbing deathAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - ROCK ISLAND _ A Rock Island man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the stabbing death of his girlfriend, whose body was found on New Year's Day 2007. Forty-fo...
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Freshmen aps up sharply at Illinois StateAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NORMAL -- Applications for a place in this fall's freshmen class at Illinois State University are up to about 14,000, 11 percent over last year. Part of the reason may n...
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State to commemorate Lincoln-Douglas debatesAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - FREEPORT -- This is the "Pretzel City," thanks to German bakers who settled here in the 1850s. It's appropriate, given the way a lightweight named Abraham Lincoln twiste...
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Downstate cops catch Colo. jail escapeeAug 14, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Police in eastern Illinois say they've captured a man wanted since his escape from a Colorado prison in 1997. Champaign police say they arrested Aaron Smith...