Articles filed under Illinois
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EXCHANGE: Exec returns to Normal to write bestselling bookMar 10, 2019 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - For Jean Case, there was no better place to write her first book than her first hometown. "It was actually my husband's idea that I come back," ...
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EXCHANGE: Purses with necessities prepared for women, girlsMar 10, 2019 7:00 am - WHITE HALL, Ill. (AP) - The project that Karen Reutter Voigts of White Hall, Illinois started last August to get purses packed with necessities into the hands of struggl...
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Illinois university's orientation class improves retentionMar 10, 2019 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University in Carbondale is starting to make strides toward improving retention through a program that offers freshmen a specia...
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Coroner: Missing southern Illinois woman dies of exposureMar 10, 2019 7:00 am - HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a 19-year-old southern Illinois woman who went missing died of hypothermia due to exposure to the elements. Gallatin County Coron...
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EXCHANGE: Youth learn and enjoy boxing with hometown leadersMar 09, 2019 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - The boys trickle into Patriots Boxing Gym shaking hands. Rockford police officer Eric Thurmond slaps them on the back. Thurmond hasn't seen them in...
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Missing woman's body found in rural southern Illinois countyMar 09, 2019 6:00 am - HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say they found the body of a 19-year-old southern Illinois woman who was last seen in Saline County. Illinois State Police say Brooke...
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EXCHANGE: High school interns explore potential careersMar 09, 2019 6:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Riley Bartholomew has known she wants to be a pharmacist for a long time, so when the chance came along to be part of the Inspired Futures internshi...
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Suspect hospitalized after officer-involved shootingMar 08, 2019 6:00 am - SAUGET, Ill. (AP) - A suspect is hospitalized with what police call non-life-threatening injuries after an officer-involved shooting near St. Louis. Illinois State Polic...
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Western Illinois University tops in physics masters' degreesMar 08, 2019 6:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - Western Illinois University has awarded more master's degrees, on average, than any other school nationally. The school announced Thursday that the A...
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Victim in Aurora warehouse shooting sues Illinois State PoliceMar 08, 2019 12:00 am - One of the people injured in a deadly warehouse shooting last month sued Illinois State Police on Friday, saying authorities wrongly let the gunman purchase the weapon u...