Articles filed under Illinois
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Kankakee receives more federal money for outside detaineesJul 14, 2018 7:00 am - KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - Two county jails in Illinois set a record for receiving $959,000 in federal revenue. Kankakee County's jails in May broke its previous 2013 record ...
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EXCHANGE: Wind farm gets official celebrationJul 14, 2018 7:00 am - MAROA, Ill. (AP) - Nearly a decade ago, Roger Wikoff started to hear rumblings that a wind energy company was contacting residents about a potential Macon County wind fa...
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Lawyers for accused kidnapper say they face glut of evidenceJul 14, 2018 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Lawyers for a man accused in the 2017 kidnapping and killing of a University of Illinois scholar from China say they have been overwhelmed by evid...
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Schock's corruption trial now set to begin in JanuaryJul 14, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A Jan. 28 trial date has been set for former Illinois Republican Congressman Aaron Schock's trial on corruption charges, including that he illegally ...
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Illinois 200: Rock Island area site of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 battlesJul 14, 2018 1:00 am - At the confluence of the Mississippi and Rock rivers, the Quad-Cities region has provided a footnote to history for virtually every war fought on American soil, includin...
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Illinois meat supplier to bring 1,200 jobs to Sunland ParkJul 13, 2018 7:00 am - SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) - An Illinois meat supplier has chosen New Mexico for its first out-of-state expansion, bringing more than 1,200 jobs to a border community. Stam...
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Police say U of I student shot by officers had pellet gunJul 13, 2018 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say an armed University of Illinois student shot by police near campus had a pellet gun and may have placed the call that drew police ...
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Illinois Black Hawk statue secures restoration fundingJul 13, 2018 7:00 am - OREGON, Ill. (AP) - Efforts to restore a 107-year-old statue in northern Illinois have received financial backing this summer from the state and a local business. Heavy-...
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Anderson tops Isner 26-24 at Wimbledon; other SF suspendedJul 13, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - To say that Kevin Anderson won this interminable Wimbledon semifinal, and that John Isner lost it, didn't really seem fair. To Anderson, anyway. They had p...
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Dunn to step down as Southern Illinois University presidentJul 13, 2018 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University says Randy Dunn is stepping down as the school's president. The school announced Friday that Dunn agreed to a volunt...