Articles filed under Illinois
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Pedestrian killed by freight train ID'dAug 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities have identified a 24-year-old man struck and killed by a freight train as he walked along railroad tracks on DeKalb's west side. The DeKalb County Coroner's ...
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Hastert now 'senior adviser' to DC lobbying firmAug 02, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Dennis Hastert's receptionist still answers his office telephone, "Speaker Hastert." But the former Illinois lawmaker, whose eight-year tenure as Speaker o...
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Alton man pleads guilty in 2007 slayingAug 02, 2008 11:00 pm - A Madison County prosecutor says she will seek a 20-year prison sentence for a 20-year-old Alton man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of ...
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Illinois political spat gets uglierAug 01, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - The running feud between Gov. Rod Blagojevich and House Speaker Michael Madigan has gone from public to profane. Their relationship sunk to a possible new ...
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Family files lawsuit in crane collapse deathAug 01, 2008 11:00 pm - The family of a 33-year-old man killed last week in a crane collapse at a construction site in Normal has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a contracting company. J...
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Guilty plea in '06 Champaign killingsAug 01, 2008 11:00 pm - A 35-year-old man has pleaded guilty to his role in the murders of a Champaign husband and wife two years ago. Kenneth Sean Kelly pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree m...
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Does the Illinois Lottery pay for education? Well, sort of ...Aug 01, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - So the governor's talking about leasing out the lottery to pay for new roads, and many of you may be thinking: I thought the lottery paid for education. Ti...
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State Fair to Illinois: 'Eat it'Jul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Weird Al, fried food on a stick and the ubiquitous butter cow. It's time again for the Illinois State Fair. Officials on Thursday took the wraps off the 20...
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Police investigate links in Lane Bryant shootingsJul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Police are investigating a possible link between the February killings at a Lane Bryant store in suburban Chicago and a shooting on the city's South Side in April. Each ...
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Police: Texas leads in Lane Bryant slayingsJul 31, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities say police investigating five slayings at a Tinley Park clothing store earlier this year have gone to Texas to follow up on leads. Tinley Park Police Chief M...