Articles filed under Illinois
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EXCHANGE: After 45 years, Peoria radio stalwart signing offAug 17, 2019 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Good morning, troops. It's Tuesday, July 30. For close to half a century, Ed Hammond has been there. On your Peoria-area radio dial and just about ev...
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New Illinois license plates to help fight pediatric cancerAug 17, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' newest specialty license plate will raise money to fight pediatric cancer. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Thursday to create th...
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Illinois fair grandstand breaks record for tickets soldAug 16, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Grandstand acts at the Illinois State Fair have broken the record for most tickets sold. Fair officials said Thursday that 59,023 tickets to gra...
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State agency takes aim at Blagojevich's law licenseAug 16, 2019 5:30 am - As former Gov. Rod Blagojevich eagerly awaits news on whether President Donald Trump will commute what's left of his 14-year prison sentence, it appears he may have one ...
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Man given 2 life sentences for fatal shooting of pairAug 15, 2019 7:00 am - DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A former central Illinois man has received two life prison sentences in the deaths of a man and woman. The bodies of Theodore Hill and Zarra Laws S...
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Latest bankers survey indicates shrinking rural economyAug 15, 2019 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The latest monthly survey of bankers in parts of 10 Plains and Western states indicates a shrinking rural economy, and three-quarters of bankers said ...
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Newly legal hemp, CBD plants at Illinois State Fair displayAug 15, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Visitors to the Illinois State Fair can see a plot of newly legalized industrial hemp growing. The Illinois Department of Agriculture announced ...
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Scalise tells Illinois GOP it can recover by rebuildingAug 15, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The No. 2 Republican in the U.S. House has a hopeful message for the beleaguered Illinois GOP. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana was the featured ...
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Owners of fake tech company plead guilty to fraud chargesAug 14, 2019 7:00 am - FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - Two Florida men have pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges filed in southern Illinois, where they targeted people with fake technical suppor...
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Man who admitted to fire that killed 2 brothers sentencedAug 14, 2019 7:00 am - KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - A 30-year prison sentence has been handed a northern Illinois man who pleaded guilty to setting a fire that killed two boys. In pleading guilty ear...