Articles filed under Illinois
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AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDTJul 18, 2019 7:00 am - American warship destroys Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. warship on Thursday destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after it thre...
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Suburban Republicans object to Sterigenics settlementJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A group of suburban Republican lawmakers is calling on state and local officials to reverse course on a consent order that would allow a sterilization comp...
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Cops search rural Illinois area for woman missing since '92Jul 17, 2019 7:00 am - WARRENSBURG, Ill. (AP) - Investigators have searched land in central Illinois for any remains of a woman who disappeared in Florida in 1992. Sgt. Roger Pope of the Macon...
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LeRoy seed plant closing without prior warningJul 17, 2019 7:00 am - LEROY, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois seed plant is closing and will leave dozens of people unemployed as a result The Pioneer Hi-Bred International plant in LeRoy close...
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Huge net used to pull Asian carp from Lake Decatur damJul 16, 2019 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Fishermen with a net are removing thousands of Asian carp from Lake Decatur dam in central Illinois. The Herald and Review reports that the effort b...
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New charges filed against unlicensed public defenderJul 16, 2019 7:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A former southern Illinois assistant public defender who is accused of practicing law without a license is facing new charges for writing bad c...
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Western Illinois University gets grant for bobcat researchJul 16, 2019 7:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - Officials say a federal grant will help bolster Western Illinois University's research on the state's bobcat population. University officials announc...
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Illinois woman gets prison for soliciting husband's murderJul 15, 2019 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for soliciting the murder of her 76-year-old husband and helping conceal his b...
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Illinois woman gets postcard from Hong Kong _ mailed in '93Jul 15, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois woman checked her mail and learned about a man's travels in Hong Kong. But Kim Draper doesn't know the man - and the postcard is 26 ...
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Secretary of state wants protection of undocumented immigrants made lawJul 15, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois' secretary of state is pursuing legislation to codify the office's long-held policy of not giving federal agencies full access to its database of ...