Articles filed under Illinois
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Cleanup of massive central Illinois rock slide beginsJun 18, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A cleanup of a massive rock slide in central Illinois' Peoria County has begun. Excavation equipment rumbled last week along Kickapoo Creek Road to s...
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Rauner names curator for newly remodeled governor's mansionJun 17, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The superintendent of Illinois historic sites including the Old State Capitol and Lincoln Tomb has been tapped to serve as curator of the newly ...
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Chicago is in for a dangerously hot dayJun 17, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago is in for a dangerously hot day. The Chicago Tribune reports that the temperatures will be well north of the 90-degree mark on Sun...
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For more than 75 years, Peoria's AG Lab has made an impact on lives with 'wonderful discoveries'Jun 17, 2018 5:30 am - PEORIA - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, formerly named the Northern Regional Research Laboratory, has been h...
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What we can learn from one mayor's pension reformsJun 17, 2018 1:07 am - Kentucky, home to arguably the most famous annual horse race on the planet, has produced a lot of remarkable turnaround stories over the years. In May 2009, when the wor...
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Illinois officials warn of increase in ticksJun 16, 2018 7:00 am - AURORA, Ill. (AP) - A county health department in northeastern Illinois has issued a warning about ticks. The Kane County Health Department has worked with the county's ...
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Bipartisan work yields gun bills, fate rests with RaunerJun 16, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Legislation aimed at curbing gun violence - some of which wouldn't have stood a chance just a few years ago - won approval in the Illinois Gener...
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Illinois 89 bridge over Illinois River to open MondayJun 16, 2018 7:00 am - SPRING VALLEY, Ill. (AP) - Illinois transportation officials say that motorists on Monday will be able to start using a new Illinois 89 bridge over the Illinois River. ...
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Nurse pleads guilty to stealing opioid patches from patientsJun 16, 2018 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois nurse has pleaded guilty to stealing opioid patches from terminally ill nursing home residents. The Pantagrap...
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Man convicted in 2014 death of Southern Illinois U. studentJun 15, 2018 7:00 am - MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) - A jury has convicted a man of first-degree murder in the February 2014 death of a Southern Illinois University student. The jury returned the ve...