Articles filed under Illinois
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Park advocates want state money restoredJul 21, 2008 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Conservationists predict $14 million being slashed from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' budget will lead to job cuts and parks curtailing thei...
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Police fire pepper balls, arrest 9 at Peoria festJul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- Authorities in Peoria say police fired pepper balls into an angry mob of about 100 people who were fighting during the last night of the city's Heart of Illino...
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Downstate man fatally shot at Elks ClubJul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Danville Police say they are looking for a local man who shot and killed another Danville resident during a quarrel in the parking lot of an Elks Club lodge. Danville Pu...
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AT&T refunds $1.5 million in Illinois settlementJul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Officials say AT&T Illinois has refunded $1.5 million to Illinois telephone customers and agreed to forego $5.5 million in future rate increases. The settlement comes af...
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Ash borer found in BloomingtonJul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- The Illinois Department of Agriculture says it has identified two beetles collected in Bloomington as adult emerald ash borers, the pest blamed for the de...
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Boy's death under investigationJul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Authorities in the southern Chicago suburb of Crete are investigating allegations that abuse by both parents led to the death of a 12-year-old boy. The Cook County Medic...
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Last student held in Bradley death releasedJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - PEORIA - The last of four college students convicted in the death of a Bradley University soccer player has been released from jail. Twenty-two-year-old Ryan Johnson ser...
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ISU prof examines sacred spacesJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON -- In James Mai's panoramic shot of the Taj Mahal, the Indian landmark is shown from the rear. He was atypically close to a wall when he photographed, making...
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Evicted woman sits for 16 days; judge intervenesJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - URBANA - A Champaign County judge has ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a woman who's been sitting outside a central Illinois home for 16 days. Forty-two-year-old Jen...
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Sailors begin 100th Race to MackinacJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Sailors are a hearty bunch. That's according to Celeste Johnson, spokeswoman for the Chicago Yacht Club's Race to Mackinac, who says Saturday's rain didn't put a damper ...