Articles filed under Illinois
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Quincy University picks president from College of CharlestonDec 11, 2018 6:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - A top administrator of a South Carolina college will become the next president of Quincy University in western Illinois. Quincy introduced Brian McGe...
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Mississippi man sentenced in killing of his grown sonDec 11, 2018 6:00 am - MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man faces 32 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing his son and wounding his niece. The Enterprise-Journal reports 47-year-o...
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Man who sexually exploited children gets 140-year sentenceDec 11, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A 78-year-old central Illinois man who pleaded guilty to charges of sexually exploiting three children will spend the rest of his life in federa...
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Deadline nears for health care coverageDec 11, 2018 12:00 am - The enrollment deadline for residents to sign up for health coverage through the Affordable Care Act in the individual marketplace is Saturday, Dec. 15. People can view...
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Police, FBI investigate neo-Nazis' attack on Washington DJDec 10, 2018 6:00 am - EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - Authorities say the FBI is now involved in an investigation into an attack by several white supremacists on a black DJ at a tavern in Washington st...
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Residents fighting Illinois mine water pumping proposalDec 10, 2018 6:00 am - JOHNSTON CITY, Ill. (AP) - Some residents and environmental groups are fighting a coal company's plan to discharge waste water from a southern Illinois mine into the Big...
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Illinois 200: Gray's legacy leaves a bridge to the future for southern IllinoisDec 09, 2018 7:00 am - In 1956, a little-known freshman congressman from Franklin County in southern Illinois gave his first major speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, rec...
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New U of Illinois center to focus on autonomous technologyDec 09, 2018 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is creating a new center to focus on autonomous technology such as self-driving cars and robotic assistan...
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EXCHANGE: Trooper's widow channels grief into helping othersDec 09, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Six years ago, Sarah Deatherage Steele's life was irreparably changed. On Nov. 26, 2012, her husband, Illinois State Police trooper Kyle Deather...
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State should disclose inmate-death records: Access counselorDec 09, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner's corrections agency is withholding public records about a prison altercation last spring that led to an inmate's death and th...