Articles filed under Illinois
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State's last 2 disaster recovery centers to closeAug 04, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The last two recovery centers opened to assist victims of severe storms and flooding in Illinois will close this week. The Disaster Recovery Centers opene...
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Rockford family says son killed in AfghanistanAug 03, 2008 11:00 pm - A soldier from Rockford who had plans to attend college when his U.S. Army enlistment ended was killed by a bomb blast in Afghanistan as he returned from a patrol, his f...
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Feds OK $9 million in flood aidAug 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Federal authorities say they have approved more than $9.7 million in disaster assistance grants for Illinois residents who suffered damages and losses from the severe st...
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Former jailer pleads guilty to sex chargesAug 03, 2008 11:00 pm - BENTON -- Sentencing is set for September 26th for a former Franklin County jail inmate who has pleaded guilty to three counts of custodial sexual misconduct with female...
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Chenoa mourns boy killed in go-cart accidentAug 03, 2008 11:00 pm - CHENOA -- School and church officials in the central Illinois city of Chenoa plan to make counselors available for those mourning an 8-year-old boy who died in a head-on...
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UAW holds strike vote at Mitsubishi's downstate plantAug 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Neither side is talking in the wake of a vote by union workers at the Mitsubishi Motors plant in downstate Normal. Negotiations reportedly continue ahead of the August 2...
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Illinois man killed in plane crashAug 03, 2008 11:00 pm - FAIRDEALING, Ky. -- A plane crash in western Kentucky has killed a central Kentucky man and injured his son. The Paducah Sun reports that 80-year-old John Goss died and ...
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Judge: Lawsuit against priest can proceedAug 03, 2008 11:00 pm - A St. Clair County judge says a sexual-abuse lawsuit a former altar boy filed against a priest and the Belleville Diocese can proceed if a jury finds the diocese engaged...
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Pedestrian killed in DeKalb freight train accidentAug 02, 2008 11:00 pm - DEKALB -- A 24-year-old man is dead after being struck by a freight train as he walked near railroad tracks on DeKalb's west side. Police Corporal Scott Farrell says det...
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Homeless man arrested in Peoria teen's deathAug 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Police in Peoria say they've arrested a homeless man in the death of an 18-year-old woman whose body was found behind a middle school. Authorities said they charged 21-y...