Articles filed under Illinois
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Abuse causes shortage of high school football game officialsOct 20, 2019 7:00 am - TULSA, Okla. (AP) - Robert Breedlove, a 53-year high school football official, tells a sobering story. "A couple years ago, a friend of mine was working a sub-varsity ga...
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EXCHANGE: Activists fight Shawnee forest timber salesOct 20, 2019 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - For the first time in nearly three decades, the Shawnee National Forest has proposed a commercial timber harvest of mostly native oaks and hickor...
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New Mexico looks to the Philippines amid teacher shortageOct 20, 2019 7:00 am - AZTEC, N.M. (AP) - It was a cold Monday morning at C.V. Koogler Middle School in Aztec. Students stumbled into Shannon Albores' history class and take off their rumpled ...
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Board approves casino, resort at Southern Illinois wineryOct 19, 2019 7:00 am - MARION, Ill. (AP) - Local officials have advanced a plan for a resort and casino on the site of a Southern Illinois winery. The Southern Illinoisan repor...
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1 of 2 Illinois brothers charged in 1983 death pleads guiltyOct 19, 2019 7:00 am - DIXON, Ill. (AP) - One of two brothers charged in the 1983 death of a man whose body was found in a rural Illinois hog pen has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter...
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Illinois courts to receive $100K grant to expand accessOct 19, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The court system in Illinois will receive a $100,000 grant to expand access to the judicial process in Illinois. The Administrative Office of th...
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Can a state senator who's not under federal probe sponsor this fire pension bill?Oct 19, 2019 1:00 am - A bill that would limit future firefighters to only one pension passed the Illinois House nearly unanimously this year, then a Democratic Senate sponsor tucked it into a...
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Revenge porn isn't protected free speech, Illinois Supreme Court rulesOct 19, 2019 1:00 am - In a decision with implications for the case of a disgraced former state lawmaker from the suburbs and others like him, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that dissemi...
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Unemployment rate falls to record low in SeptemberOct 18, 2019 1:00 am - Illinois' unemployment rate fell to a record low in September, according to data released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. The state agency said Friday...
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Waukegan will let state decide who gets Lake County casino licenseOct 18, 2019 1:00 am - The Waukegan City Council on Thursday decided against betting the pot on a single choice for the long sought Lake County casino, instead sending the competing applicatio...