Articles filed under Illinois
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Sex offender who fled Illinois captured in TennesseeJun 10, 2018 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - A Southern Illinois man who was arrested on a charge of failing to register as a sex offender and disappeared last year after he posted bail has ...
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5 minutes, 3 holdups, 1 arrest for attempted robberJun 09, 2018 7:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Joliet police have arrested a Plainfield man on suspicion of attempted bank robbery and driving a stolen vehicle Friday after he allegedly attempted ...
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Rockford marks end of quest to ride American's street carsJun 09, 2018 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - An advocate for public transit who set out to ride every street car still operating in America says he has ended his journey on Car 36 in Rockford....
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Trial date set for teen accused in Illinois school shootingJun 09, 2018 7:00 am - DIXON, Ill. (AP) - An August trial date has been set for a 19-year-old man who has pleaded not guilty to charges he opened fire at a northern Illinois high school last m...
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Illinois, which buried ERA decades ago, now its darlingJun 09, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Forty years ago, the drive for the Equal Rights Amendment was pronounced dead in Illinois. But just days ago, the Prairie State became the 37th ...
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Analysis: Illinois' population is falling, but the sky isn'tJun 09, 2018 1:00 am - Illinois hiked the state income tax rate by 66 percent in 2011 and three years later, according to revised census estimates, the state's population had grown by more tha...
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Rauner signs law expanding independence of ethics complaintsJun 08, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed into law an overhaul in the handling of ethics complaints against Illinois legislators and staff members. The Repub...
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Bid to remove Southern Illinois president called offJun 08, 2018 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - A meeting to discuss possibly placing Southern Illinois University's president on administrative leave has been called off. The three officers of...
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Golfer bitten by rattlesnake at Black Hills golf course diesJun 07, 2018 7:00 am - SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) - A golfer has died after he was bitten by a rattlesnake in South Dakota's Black Hills. The Black Hills Pioneer reports the 70-year-old Illinois man...
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Authorities find Marine's car 30 hours after it was stolenJun 07, 2018 7:00 am - GALLUP, N.M. (AP) - Authorities say they have recovered a Marine's classic car that was stolen during his stay in Gallup. The Gallup Independent reports Evan Staat of Xe...