Articles filed under Illinois
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SIU-Carbondale getting upgrade of Communications BuildingFeb 02, 2020 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Each year, Illinois public universities submit a wish list of building upgrades to the lawmakers crafting the state's budget. For 22 years, South...
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Galesburg program pairs teachers for coaching, mentoringFeb 02, 2020 6:00 am - GALESBURG. Ill. (AP) - On a recent January morning, Ginny Crowl met with Churchill Junior High School math teacher Katrina Johnson in her classroom. They looked over ass...
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Voters to decide if Prohibition stays in Gardner TownshipFeb 01, 2020 6:00 am - GARDNER TOWNSHIP, Ill. (AP) - After more than 100 years, Prohibition could end in Gardner Township. Jessica Podany, a partner and manager of Bomke's Patch about three mi...
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Toby Keith tops 1st round of acts for Illinois State FairFeb 01, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Country music star Toby Keith will hit the grandstand at the Illinois State Fair this summer, officials announced last week. The multi-platinum...
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Judge OKs removal of sex offenders from Aurora halfway houseJan 31, 2020 6:00 am - AURORA, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois judge ruled Friday the city of Aurora can force the removal of registered sex offenders from a halfway house that is less than 50...
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Man convicted for second time in death of 3-year-old boyJan 31, 2020 6:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois man has been convicted a second time in the 2011 beating death of a 3-year-old boy. Thomas Albea's first conviction in 2015 on...
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Couple in Hoffman Estates hospital are first U.S. case of person-to-person coronavirus spreadJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - Health officials confirmed Thursday that the first U.S. case of person-to-person transmission of coronavirus has occurred between a Chicago woman and her husband, who ar...
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Secretary of state no longer will forward 16-year-olds' info to voter registration systemJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - While the information for approximately 4,700 16-year-olds was forwarded from the Illinois secretary of state's office to the State Board of Elections as p...
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Illinois ethics laws among the weakest in the nation, legislators toldJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Government reform advocates told a panel of state lawmakers Thursday that Illinois has some of the weakest governmental ethics rules in the country and tha...
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Plane crash killed former Springfield mayor, coronerJan 29, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Former Springfield, Illinois, Mayor Frank Edwards and his wife, Sangamon County Coroner Cinda Edwards, were two of the three people killed when ...