Articles filed under Illinois
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Chillicothe post office honors late native Navy SEALJun 19, 2018 7:00 am - CHILLICOTHE, Ill. (AP) - The U.S. post office in Chillicothe (chihl-uh-KAH'-thee) has been named in honor of a Navy SEAL killed in action last year. Senior Chief Petty O...
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Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in IllinoisJun 19, 2018 7:00 am - June 18, 2018 Chicago Sun-Times Lessons of the Jackie Wilson murder trial saga We are disgusted, too. A judge on Thursday ordered a new trial for a convicted cop killer,...
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Veterans Affairs to hold town hall on health care plansJun 19, 2018 7:00 am - HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) - The Department of Veterans Affairs has scheduled a town hall in southern Illinois to discuss the agency's health care system. Spokesman Kevin Har...
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Section of I-55 buckles in central Illinois' heat waveJun 19, 2018 7:00 am - WILLIAMSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Officials say crews will be working to repair a section of Interstate 55 in central Illinois where the roadway buckled in the recent high temp...
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Police: 3 fatally shot at Bloomington apartment buildingJun 18, 2018 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Bloomington, Illinois police is reporting three people are dead and a fourth was wounded in a shooting at an apartment building in the city. Blo...
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Illinois to fund Medicaid preventative dental servicesJun 18, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' Medicaid program will soon provide preventative dental care for almost half a million low-income residents. Gov. Bruce Rauner recently...
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Search continues for 2 after southern Illinois jail escapeJun 18, 2018 7:00 am - CARMI, Ill. (AP) - Authorities have been continuing to search for two men who they say escaped from a southeastern Illinois county jail over the weekend with a third man...
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Correction: Skydiver Death-Illinois storyJun 18, 2018 7:00 am - OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) - In a story June 16 about a fatal skydiving accident, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the skydiver's parachute apparently failed to ope...
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U of I curator describes thefts of rare bookJun 18, 2018 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A curator of rare law books at the University of Illinois College of Law has described how a thief around 1980 pillaged book collections nationwid...
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Ex-inspector to review Illinois House amid harassment claimsJun 18, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A former state executive inspector general will investigate the Illinois House of Representatives after several sexual harassment scandals. Hous...