Articles filed under Illinois
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Way Down Wanderers headline Thunder Bay Maritime FestivalJul 04, 2019 7:00 am - ALPENA, Mich. (AP) - Spirited bluegrass and Americana artists the Way Down Wanderers are headlining a music-filled Independence Day festival in northern Michigan. The Il...
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Fourth of July history: First celebrations in Illinois and beyond revered heroes of the RevolutionJul 04, 2019 6:00 am - Today in Illinois, the Fourth of July is a holiday for boating, barbecues and fireworks. In the state's earliest days, the celebrations were more organized and formal - ...
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Some of the new state laws that have flown under the radarJul 04, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - While Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been touring the state to promote his signing of capital infrastructure and marijuana legalization legislation, sev...
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Chicago boosts police presence to tamp down July 4 violenceJul 03, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's police department is following a familiar playbook for the July 4 holiday by flooding the street with officers and arresting dozens of people on...
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Police: Woman shot at husband, then died in struggle for gunJul 03, 2019 7:00 am - LONG GROVE, Ill. (AP) - Authorities in northern Illinois say a woman fired at her husband before a struggle over the firearm left her fatally shot. The (...
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2 indicted in connection with 2017 death of 11-month-oldJul 03, 2019 7:00 am - MARION, Ill. (AP) - Two southern Illinois residents have been indicted on charges filed in connection with the 2017 death of an infant. Williamson County State's Attorne...
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Scholars say Philistine genes help solve biblical mysteryJul 03, 2019 7:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Goliath the Greek? Human remains from an ancient cemetery in southern Israel have yielded precious bits of DNA that a new study says help prove the Euro...
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Illinois sees 8th-straight record tourism growth in 2018Jul 03, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois saw an eighth-straight year of record tourism growth in 2018, attracting more than 117 million visitors in 2018. The state released the...
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WIU program to let students finish ag business MBA in 1 yearJul 02, 2019 7:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - A new program at Western Illinois University will let agriculture students get a graduate degree quicker. A news release from the Macomb school says ...
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Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in IllinoisJul 02, 2019 7:00 am - July 1, 2019 The (Champaign) News-Gazette Pension solutions hard to come by Playing hot potato with pension problems hardly qualifies as a solution. The people of Illino...