Articles filed under Illinois
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Doctor who inappropriately touched patients gets prison termJun 15, 2019 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois doctor who pleaded guilty to aggravated battery after an investigation revealed he inappropriately touched three female patient...
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Tolono woman dealing with effects of West Nile infectionJun 15, 2019 7:00 am - TOLONO, Ill. (AP) - There was a time when Beth Swigart didn't pay that much attention to West Nile virus and the annual warnings about mosquito bites. That's changed sin...
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Day care owner sentenced to 3 ˆ½ years in baby injury caseJun 15, 2019 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois woman who admitted to seriously injuring a 5-month old boy at her home-day care business has been sentenced to 3 ˆ½ years in pr...
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East Peoria man gets 70 years for stabbing deathJun 15, 2019 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois man who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of another man will likely spend the rest life behind bars aft...
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EXCHANGE: Peoria schools invested in vocational educationJun 15, 2019 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Every school day every student in Pete Brown's auto body classroom walks past the Help Wanted ad he Scotch-taped at eye-level to the door frame. "Exp...
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Du Quoin State Fair in southern Illinois is free againJun 14, 2019 7:00 am - DU QUOIN, Ill. (AP) - The Du Quoin State Fair in southern Illinois is dropping a $2 entry fee. The admission fee for people 13 and older was started in 2016. Fair manage...
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W. Illinois University president is stepping downJun 14, 2019 7:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - The president of Western Illinois University is resigning at the end of June after eight years in the post. Jack Thomas made the announcement Friday....
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Western Illinois University gets $375,000 to study bobcatsJun 13, 2019 7:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - The federal government is giving Western Illinois University $375,000 to keep researching the state's bobcat population. The school says in a news re...
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Lawsuit claims Amazon's Alexa devices record without consentJun 13, 2019 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - A lawsuit claims Amazon is violating laws in at least eight states by recording children without consent through Alexa devices. The Seattle Times reports ...
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Peoria County State's Attorney Jerry Brady is dead at age 70Jun 13, 2019 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Peoria County, Illinois State's Attorney Jerry Brady has died after a long illness at age 70. Coroner Jamie Harwood says Brady died Thursday at his h...