Articles filed under Illinois
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Pritzker plans $147 million boost for DCFSFeb 17, 2020 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's second-year budget will include a $147 million increase in funding for DCFS to boost staffing and increase support for investigations. The Democrati...
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Barbershop is place to get haircut, shoot off frustrationFeb 16, 2020 6:00 am - BENTON, Ill. (AP) - Extreme Exigency LLC, home of The Armed Barbers, has created a buzz turning its customers into some of the sharpest-looking sharpshooters around. Loc...
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Parents allege daughter, 6, was sexually assaulted at recessFeb 16, 2020 6:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - The parents of a 6-year-old southern Illinois girl are suing local school officials, alleging that their daughter was sexually assaulted by ano...
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Lincoln's legacy offers lessons in statesmanshipFeb 16, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - In an aptly named permanent exhibit of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum called The Whispering Gallery, visitors are visually and audibly ...
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Warren Buffett's son helps Colombia kick cocaine curseFeb 15, 2020 6:00 am - TIBU, Colombia (AP) - With Colombian military snipers in position, Howard Buffett descends from a helicopter and trudges through the wet grass in steel-toe boots chewed ...
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Locals asked to reach into wallets to protect Kankakee RiverFeb 15, 2020 6:00 am - KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - In an effort to greatly expand the district charged with protecting the Kankakee River, a large percentage of county voters residing less than a mi...
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Female pedestrian on Illinois interstate killed in crashFeb 15, 2020 6:00 am - SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (AP) - A 24-year-old woman died Friday after being hit by a car as she ran across an Illinois interstate. According to information provided by the Illi...
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Man running from officers fatally struck by vehicle on I-80Feb 14, 2020 6:00 am - MILFORD, Neb. (AP) - The driver of a vehicle in which officers found narcotics after a traffic stop in eastern Nebraska died when he ran into traffic, authorities said. ...
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Illinois man pleads guilty in Missouri girl's death at busFeb 14, 2020 6:00 am - JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - An Illinois man has admitted that he fled from the scene after his truck hit and killed a southwest Missouri 8-year-old girl as she was trying to boar...
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State police director supports requiring fingerprints for FOID cardsFeb 14, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Police director said this week that his department has stepped up illegal firearm ownership enforcement methods, but it needs greater re...