Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois bill defines consent for sex education classesMar 04, 2019 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois lawmaker has proposed legislation that aims to provide a more comprehensive definition of consent for sex education classes in the s...
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Pritzker: Illinois needs progressive income tax to help the budgetMar 04, 2019 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday he doesn't foresee pushing pension obligations onto local municipalities and school districts, but Illinois needs a progressive income tax...
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SIU athletic department unveils new, modern Salukis logoMar 03, 2019 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - The Southern Illinois University Salukis have a new, more modern-looking logo. The Southern Illinoisan reports that the new logo ...
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Vienna to take state grant money to build amphitheaterMar 03, 2019 6:00 am - VIENNA, Ill. (AP) - The southern Illinois city of Vienna will use $360,000 in state grant money to build an amphitheater as well as shower facilities at Tunnel Hill park...
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EXCHANGE: Swimming lets Sugar Grove teen be herselfMar 03, 2019 6:00 am - SUGAR GROVE, Ill. (AP) - Leah Hayes is never so free as when she's in the pool. She's never so excited as when she hears the crowd cheering, the water splashing, the res...
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EXCHANGE: At 12,000 meals, Harrisburg schools feed communityMar 03, 2019 6:00 am - HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) - Valarie Hodges knows plenty of kids in her town would go hungry if not for their schools. "There are kids who get themselves up in the morning wh...
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Autopsies confirm man killed family before killing himselfMar 02, 2019 6:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Autopsies have determined that a Joliet man shot and killed his girlfriend and their two children before he fatally shot himself as police initially ...
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EXCHANGE: Teacher uses dance in battle with brain tumorMar 02, 2019 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Kim Drewes came up with the dance routine lying flat on her back in a hospital bed in Chicago, a little over a month after her second craniotomy...
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EXCHANGE: On the front lines of the opioid crisisMar 02, 2019 6:00 am - KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - Dispatch gives him an address and a quick brief. A person is unresponsive and not breathing. They are in a home. A restaurant bathroom. The side of...
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Judge rules Dixon man fit for trial in school shooting caseMar 02, 2019 6:00 am - DIXON, Ill. (AP) - A judge has ruled that a 20-year-old man is mentally able to go to trial on charges he opened fire at a northern Illinois high school. ...