Articles filed under Illinois
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Hundreds of mourners, fellow officers pay respects to trooper killed on I-294Jan 17, 2019 12:00 am - Hundreds of police officers and sheriff's deputies from throughout Illinois and the U.S. filed silently by the flag-draped coffin of Illinois State Trooper Christopher L...
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Foster family completing bucket list for dog dying of cancerJan 16, 2019 6:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Loretta's tail didn't stop wagging from the time she walked into Trinity Lutheran School in Edwardsville until the time she left two hours late...
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Texas man gets 35 years in 8-state child pornography schemeJan 16, 2019 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Federal prosecutors in central Illinois say a Texas man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for child pornography charges involving more than 40...
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Illinois parents get decades in child's starvation deathJan 16, 2019 6:00 am - JERSEYVILLE, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois father and stepmother will spend decades in prison after pleading guilty to murder in the starvation death of their 6-year-old son, ...
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Justices appear ready to void Tennessee alcohol sales lawJan 16, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court appeared ready Wednesday to strike down a Tennessee provision that requires people to live in the state for two years before obtainin...
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Judge refuses to toss evidence in China scholar's kidnappingJan 15, 2019 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A federal judge in central Illinois has denied defense motions to suppress evidence in the case of a 28-year-old man charged in the kidnapping and ki...
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AP News in Brief at 9:01 p.m. ESTJan 15, 2019 6:00 am - UK's May faces no-confidence vote after Brexit plan crushed LONDON (AP) - British lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce deal with the Eu...
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Illinois starts second year of private school scholarshipsJan 15, 2019 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Nearly 5,500 students who received scholarships last year through Illinois' taxpayer-funded private school scholarship program will have to apply a...
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Police chief calls bi-state chase the 'craziest' he's seenJan 15, 2019 6:00 am - ST. ANN, Mo. (AP) - Two people have been charged in a St. Louis area police chase that ended in a crash that left an officer with a concussion and a fractured chin. The ...
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Rauner reduces prison term for man who killed grandparentsJan 15, 2019 6:00 am - LINCOLN, Ill. (AP) - Former Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has reduced the 75-year prison sentence for a central Illinois man convicted in 1996 of fatally shooting his grand...