Articles filed under Illinois
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Closing arguments set in trial over SIU student's deathJun 14, 2018 7:00 am - MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) - Closing arguments are set to begin in trial of man charged with first-degree murder in the February 2014 death of a Southern Illinois University...
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Illinois board moves forward with employee step increasesJun 14, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Labor Relations Board is moving forward with giving step increases to unionized state workers. Step increases are automatic raises ...
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Billboard supports UI Chief Illiniwek mascotJun 13, 2018 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A billboard supporting the controversial former mascot of the University of Illinois has resurfaced after a decade-long hiatus. Attorney John Gada...
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Judge rules EPA failing to curb pollution blowing eastJun 13, 2018 7:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A federal judge in New York has ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has violated the federal Clean Air Act by failing to curb ozon...
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Ex-treasurer of Illinois town gets 4-year sentence for theftJun 13, 2018 7:00 am - BENTON, Ill. (AP) - The former treasurer of a southern Illinois city has been sentenced to 48 months in prison for embezzling more than $300,000 from the city over a fou...
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Follow the steps of Abraham Lincoln's courtship of Mary ToddJun 13, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - This is for anyone who wants to know about the days when the Great Emancipator was the Great Romancer. In a news release, the Abraham Lincoln Pr...
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Officials say Danville officers killed gun-wielding driverJun 12, 2018 7:00 am - DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say police officers in eastern Illinois fatally shot a man when he didn't drop a gun after they stopped his vehicle. Th...
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DeKalb man convicted of killing girlfriend sentenceJun 12, 2018 7:00 am - SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois man convicted of beating and stabbing his girlfriend to death and then hiding her body in a closet has been sentenced to 60 yea...
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Illinois elementary school to drop Woodrow Wilson from nameJun 12, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - School officials in central Illinois have decided to remove Woodrow Wilson's name from an elementary school and instead honor the area's first black ...
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Ferry moving cars from Sabula, Iowa, to Savanna, IllinoisJun 12, 2018 7:00 am - SABULA, Iowa (AP) - A car ferry from Iowa to Illinois is up and running as residents wait for the opening of a bridge connecting the two states. The Tele...