Articles filed under Illinois
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Pope tells abusive priests to turn themselves inDec 21, 2018 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis demanded Friday that priests who have raped and molested children turn themselves in and vowed that the Catholic Church will "never agai...
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Law enforcement to step up patrols on roads over holidaysDec 21, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - State and local law enforcement in Illinois are boosting patrols over the holidays to arrest drivers who drink or take drugs, then drive. A stat...
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Police: Woman allowed child, 2, to consume meth, fentanylDec 21, 2018 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois woman faces felony charges for allegedly allowing her 2-year-old child to ingest methamphetamine and fentanyl. Forty-year-old...
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400 Illinois National Guardsmen learn they'll be deployed to AfghanistanDec 21, 2018 12:00 am - Just as word was circulating Thursday of President Donald Trump's desire to withdraw nearly half the 14,000 U.S. troops currently in Afghanistan, about 400 Illinois Army...
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Rural bankers survey climbs back up to growth levelDec 20, 2018 6:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A monthly survey of rural bankers in parts of 10 Plains and Western states suggests the regional economy is growing. The overall index of the Creighto...
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Woman's remains exhumed in 1976 Illinois cold caseDec 20, 2018 6:00 am - MORRIS, Ill. (AP) - A northeastern Illinois coroner's office has exhumed the body of woman found dead in 1976 for a forensic analysis that could help identify her. The G...
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Union says tollway workers risk lives for too-little payDec 20, 2018 12:00 am - Illinois tollway laborers who work in the front lines of traffic picketed outside headquarters and demanded "equal pay" at a meeting Thursday. Teamsters Local 700's four...
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New alert system named for missing South Elgin residentDec 20, 2018 12:00 am - A new statewide missing persons alert system has been named after a South Elgin resident who disappeared in 2016 at the age of 17. The Kianna Alert, named for Kianna Gal...
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Nearly 187K register to vote using new Illinois systemDec 19, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A new state report says nearly 187,000 Illinois residents have registered to vote through the state's new automatic voter registration system. T...
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Lawyers for accused kidnapper want evidence suppressedDec 19, 2018 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A federal judge overseeing the case of a man accused in the 2017 kidnapping and killing of a University of Illinois scholar from China must rule s...