Articles filed under Illinois
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Lisa Madigan: 500 more sex allegations against Illinois priests 'have not been adequately investigated'Dec 19, 2018 12:00 am - Attorney General Lisa Madigan Wednesday accused the Catholic Church of dramatically underreporting the allegations of clergy sex abuse in Illinois, saying her investigat...
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Suspect in beauty salon slayings charged in inmate stabbingDec 18, 2018 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A 53-year-old suspect in the 2005 stabbing deaths of three people at a southwestern Illinois beauty salon now faces charges he stabbed a fellow i...
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Correction: Mississippi River Bluffs Wind Farm storyDec 18, 2018 6:00 am - VALMEYER, Ill. (AP) - In a story Dec. 15 about a proposed wind farm in southern Illinois, The Associated Press attributed a quote in support of the project to the wrong ...
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SW Illinois man rescued from cistern filled with icy watersDec 18, 2018 6:00 am - FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - Southwestern Illinois fire officials have rescued a man who fell into a cistern and was stuck neck-deep in its icy waters for nearly a half...
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New legislative inspector was prosecutor, appellate judgeDec 18, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Legislative Ethics Commission has chosen a permanent inspector general to investigate complaints against lawmakers. Former prosecut...
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Rockford man falsely convicted gets certificate of innocenceDec 17, 2018 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A judge has granted a certificate of innocence to a northern Illinois man who spent 23 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Forty-two-year...
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EXCHANGE: 4 decades of county government work endsDec 16, 2018 6:00 am - PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - Four decades ago, Christie Webb answered a call asking whether she'd be interested in applying for a brand new job as secretary to the Tazewell County...
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3 men killed when Jeep slams into treeDec 16, 2018 6:00 am - WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) - Authorities in northern Illinois say three men were killed when a vehicle they were in slid off a road and slammed into a tree. The Northwest Hera...
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EXCHANGE: Worms attracting interest in magnetic researchDec 16, 2018 6:00 am - NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - A tiny worm may hold important clues about how animals use magnetic fields. "It's one of the few remaining frontiers in neurobiology," said Andres Vi...
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Lawyer argues scholar kidnapping case belongs in state courtDec 15, 2018 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Lawyers for the man charged with kidnapping and killing a Chinese University of Illinois scholar have argued the case should be heard in state court,...