Articles filed under Illinois
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Contest announced to name rehabbed state fair coliseumNov 14, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A contest to name the historic Illinois State Fairgrounds Coliseum is underway. The Illinois Fairgrounds Foundation announced the contest Tuesda...
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Police say 12-year-old killed by man playing with handgunNov 14, 2018 6:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Police say a 20-year-old man claims he was playing with a handgun when it accidently fired and fatally wounded a 12-year-old boy in central Illinois...
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Man arrested in shooting death of 12-year-old in IllinoisNov 13, 2018 6:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a 20-year-old man has been arrested following the shooting death of a 12-year-old boy in central Illinois. The shooting happened Mon...
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Sun-Times: Foster leading group against Nancy Pelosi becoming House speakerNov 12, 2018 12:00 am - Taking his biggest political risk yet, Rep. Bill Foster, a Naperville Democrat, is among those leading the charge against Nancy Pelosi becoming the next speaker of the H...
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EXCHANGE: Medical students weigh small town workNov 11, 2018 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Long before she knew she wanted to go to medical school, Bailey Flamm knew that Southern Illinois didn't have enough doctors. She heard it consta...
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EXCHANGE: Church-turned-community center growing leadersNov 11, 2018 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A South Peoria church is being turned into a community center to bring resources to people living in the 61605 ZIP code and "transform the community ...
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Man accused in killing over bingo winnings unfit for trialNov 11, 2018 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - St. Clair County prosecutors say the final chapter was written in the death of a southern Illinois woman who was burned to death during an attemp...
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Illinois 200: Barack Obama's political career in Illinois helped shape his presidencyNov 11, 2018 4:33 am - A decade ago, he claimed victory in the presidential campaign from Grant Park in Chicago. He announced his run - and later his running mate - on ground trod by Abraham L...
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EXCHANGE: Neighborly help after combine goes up in flamesNov 10, 2018 6:00 am - WAPELLA, Ill. (AP) - As the wife of a farmer, Kathie Wickenhauser of Wapella knows the dangers of the fall harvest. Almost daily, somewhere in Central Illinois, a combin...
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Interim SIU chancellor should be in place within weeksNov 10, 2018 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - A search for a new chancellor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale after last month's death of Chancellor Carlo Montemagno should lead to s...