Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois school board members reject arming teachers, support grants for school resource officersNov 23, 2019 12:00 am - Elected school officials from across Illinois have again shot down a proposal calling for legislation that would allow districts to decide whether to arm teachers and ot...
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Recall: 86 tons of chicken fried rice; may have plastic bitsNov 22, 2019 6:00 am - OAKLAND, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi company is recalling more than 86 tons of chicken fried rice because it may contain bits of plastic. Ajinomoto Foods North America In...
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Man who defrauded $3M from employer gets 2 years in prisonNov 22, 2019 6:00 am - NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut man has been sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a scheme that defrauded more than $3 million from his Illinois-based ...
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Mom, son who died in pond had been returning from therapyNov 22, 2019 6:00 am - ROXANA, Ill. (AP) - Relatives say a mother and her 7-year-old son had been returning from an autism therapy session when their minivan ended up in a suburban St. Louis r...
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Missing woman found dead in Moline, boyfriend dead at hotelNov 22, 2019 6:00 am - MOLINE, Ill. (AP) - Northwestern Illinois police say a woman missing for weeks has been found dead at the home she shared with her boyfriend, who later apparently killed...
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Illinois officer fined $350 for illegally parking patrol carNov 21, 2019 6:00 am - CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois police officer has been ticketed for parking his patrol car in a handicapped-accessible parking space. Lakemoor Police Chie...
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Illinois reports its fifth death connected to vapingNov 21, 2019 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A fifth Illinois resident has died after being hospitalized with a vaping-related lung injury. The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thurs...
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Survey of bankers shows rural economy growing in NovemberNov 21, 2019 6:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A new survey of bankers suggests the economy continues growing in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states, but the ongoing trade disputes continue...
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Mother, child found dead in car in pond near St. LouisNov 20, 2019 6:00 am - ROXANA, Ill. (AP) - Police in suburban St. Louis are investigating after a woman and her young son were found dead inside a vehicle that drove into a pond. ...
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State school board to make emergency rule changes in response to isolation room reportNov 20, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state's board of education announced emergency rule changes Wednesday in response to a news story which detailed an overuse of "isolation rooms" in sev...