Articles filed under Illinois
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EXCHANGE: Incubator twins introduced at world's fair now 84Sep 16, 2018 7:00 am - MCHENRY, Ill. (AP) - The Chicago World's Fair of 1933 to 1934 planted a city of possibility on 424 acres of Chicago's shoreline near the museum campus. As they strolled ...
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EXCHANGE: Careers get a kick start through Job Corps.Sep 15, 2018 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Jonathan Sweet wants to be a carpenter, but he knows he needs help if he's going to cut it in that career. "I tried working odd jobs here and there,...
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EXCHANGE: Initiative encourages parents to read to childrenSep 15, 2018 7:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - Sarah Walton already understands the importance of spending time reading to her children. "You can never read too much to little ones. They absorb ev...
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State: Illinois licenses, IDs still valid to board planesSep 15, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Officials say people will be able to board airplanes using current Illinois driver's licenses and ID cards even though the state won't be in ful...
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Illinois 200: How the Decatur Staleys became the Chicago BearsSep 15, 2018 1:00 am - A.E. "Gene" Staley's successful corn manufacturing company in Decatur was already producing starch, glucose, sugar and syrup in 1919 when it added professional football ...
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Ag business fire in northern Illinois prompts evacuationsSep 14, 2018 7:00 am - AMBOY, Ill. (AP) - A factory and several homes were evacuated after fire broke out at an agriculture business in rural northern Illinois. The fire broke out about 3 a.m....
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Southern Illinois man gets 67 years for wife's murderSep 14, 2018 7:00 am - BENTON, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois man convicted in the shooting death of his wife has been sentenced to 67 years in prison. Brian Pheasant of Christopher learned h...
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Kavanaugh denies allegation of sexual misconduct in schoolSep 14, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Friday denied an allegation of sexual misconduct from when he was in high school, seeking to defuse a potentia...
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Lawyers: Jury should hear wrongful murder conviction caseSep 14, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Lawyers for an Illinois man exonerated of murder charges say he deserves a chance to present his case against a town and three former officers t...
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Southern Illinois man convicted of fatally shooting parentsSep 14, 2018 7:00 am - MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois man has been convicted of fatally shooting his parents more than a year ago. A Jackson County judge found 41-year-old Keith ...