Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois spending $240M on freight-transport upgradesJun 06, 2018 7:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - Illinois officials are investing $240 million in two dozen projects designed to improve freight mobility throughout the state and relieve con...
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Opening statements given in trial of man in death of studentJun 06, 2018 7:00 am - MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) - Opening statements were given in the trial of a man accused in the 2014 death of a Southern Illinois University student. Special Prosecutor Davi...
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Juror's excusal delays trial of man in student's deathJun 05, 2018 7:00 am - MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) - A juror picked to hear the trial of a man accused in the 2014 death of a Southern Illinois University student asked to be excused, delaying the ...
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Former Illinois lawmaker pleads guilty in shoplifting caseJun 05, 2018 7:00 am - GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (AP) - A former Illinois lawmaker arrested on a shoplifting charge has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor retail theft. Former state Rep. Sandra Pihos of Gle...
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Evidence fight halts trial in beauty salon slayings caseJun 05, 2018 7:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - The trial of a St. Louis man charged in the 2005 stabbing deaths of three people at a southwestern Illinois beauty salon was unexpectedly stopped...
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Officials save Springfield Race Riot artifacts from projectJun 05, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois officials are working to preserve artifacts from the 1908 Springfield Race Riots that were found at the site of a railroad improvement ...
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Report: Blagojevich asks President Trump for clemencyJun 05, 2018 1:00 am - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has formally asked President Donald Trump to commute his sentence, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Last week, Trump said he was ...
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Central Illinois to get $7M Ronald McDonald HouseJun 04, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A $7 million Ronald McDonald House will be built in central Illinois. The Journal Star reports that Peoria officials hope to break gr...
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Illinois Children Museum to open law enforcement exhibitJun 04, 2018 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - The Children's Museum of Illinois will open a pro-law-enforcement themed exhibition next month. The two-story, 7,000-square-foot exhibit is called "...
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SIU discover remnants of 2 century-old Army fortJun 04, 2018 7:00 am - CHESTER, Ill. (AP) - Anthropology students at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale have discovered remnants of an army fort near the community of Chester that was ...