Articles filed under Illinois
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EXCHANGE: Retirement difficult for vineyard, winery ownersMay 19, 2019 7:00 am - CARLOCK, Ill. (AP) - Rudi Hofmann looked over rows of grape vines as buds were starting to appear. "We are not pruning this year because we are retiring," Hofmann explai...
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Is revenge porn protected by Constitution? Illinois, other states may say yesMay 19, 2019 1:00 am - Bethany Austin learned her fiance had been unfaithful in late-May 2016. After sharing a home with him for seven years, Matthew Rychlik was having an affair with a neighb...
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EXCHANGE: Facility offer veterans free, discounted servicesMay 18, 2019 7:00 am - MORRISON, Ill. (AP) - Sauk Valley veterans now have a closer option for recommended nursing home care. Resthave Home in Morrison recently received a certification from t...
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Crash kills 'perfect' small-town Illinois police chiefMay 17, 2019 7:00 am - RAYMOND, Ill. (AP) - A crash has killed the police chief in a small Illinois town. State police say a car crossed into the southbound lane of Illinois 127 on Thursday, s...
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Pritzker compiles $41.5B infrastructure plan, tax increasesMay 17, 2019 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker has compiled a $41.5 billion state capital-construction plan to rebuild and maintain roads, schools and affordable housing, m...
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Public defender says he'll keep working despite chargeMay 17, 2019 7:00 am - HENNEPIN, Ill. (AP) - A lawyer who serves as a part-time public defender in a central Illinois county says he plans to keep the job despite misdemeanor charges related t...
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Gas tax hike, other fees would fund Pritzker's $41.5 billion 'Rebuild Illinois' capital planMay 17, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday briefed lawmakers on a proposed capital improvements plan that calls for spending $41.5 billion on transportation, ...
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2 lanes of St. Louis-area bridge to reopen FridayMay 16, 2019 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Two lanes of the westbound span of the Jefferson Barracks Bridge that connects south St. Louis County with Illinois will reopen by morning rush hour on ...
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University of Illinois set to install new geothermal systemMay 16, 2019 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois is embedding a new geothermal heating and cooling system in the foundation of an addition to its engineering campus as par...
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Judge overturns conviction of truck driver in fatal crashMay 16, 2019 7:00 am - PRINCETON, W.Va. (AP) - A judge has overturned the conviction of an Illinois truck driver in a crash that killed a North Carolina family in southern West Virginia. The B...