Articles filed under Illinois
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Pritzker: Expanding gambling for road funds worth a look, but mileage tax too experimentalSep 26, 2018 1:00 am - Expanding gambling in Illinois could help pay for roads and bridges, J.B. Pritzker told the Daily Herald editorial board, while distancing himself from a politically vol...
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College president apologizes for drinking from beer bongSep 25, 2018 7:00 am - CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) - The president of Southeast Missouri State University is apologizing after he was captured on video drinking from a beer bong at a tailgate par...
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University of Illinois senate backs tribe's stance on chiefSep 25, 2018 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois campus senate is backing a Native American tribe's stance that the school's longtime Chief Illiniwek mascot is a degrading...
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1 of 4 alleged terrorist group members pleads guiltySep 25, 2018 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - One of four Illinois men charged with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by threats and violence has pleaded guilty to the charges. Ellis Mack of ...
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Crews poison central Illinois lake for fish restocking planSep 25, 2018 7:00 am - EUREKA, Ill. (AP) - State wildlife crews have poisoned a central Illinois lake as part of a plan to kill off the carp that have overrun it and restock it with game fish....
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Trump says Dems using 'con game' to sink Kavanaugh court bidSep 25, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump accused Democrats on Tuesday of using a "con game" to try scuttling Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination and disparaged th...
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Mistrial declared in 1990 killing of 9-year-old girlSep 24, 2018 7:00 am - WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - The third trial in the 1990 killing of a 9-year-old girl has ended in a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a verdict after three days of deliber...
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Woman driving go-kart killed in northern Illinois crashSep 24, 2018 7:00 am - MARENGO, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a woman driving a go-kart on a rural northern Illinois road was killed when hit from behind by a car. The McHenry County sheriff's d...
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Illinois 200: Illinois' long (and sometimes rocky) romance with trains enduresSep 24, 2018 5:30 am - Trains brought Abraham Lincoln's body home to Illinois, transported southern blacks escaping Jim Crow laws to Chicago and now carry a labor force of thousands between th...
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EXCHANGE: Red Cross driver knew the value of a morale boostSep 23, 2018 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - In 100 years that have shown extreme courage in World War II and a lifetime of commitment to her church and community, Jill Knappenberger will cel...