Articles filed under Illinois
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Luxury student housing project under way in ChampaignJun 03, 2018 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A developer from Rhode Island has begun work on a 538-bed luxury apartment building for students in Champaign. The (Champaign) News-Gazette report...
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Program offers free summer meals, snacks to Illinois youthJun 03, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Children across Illinois will have access to free, healthy meals and snacks this summer even though they're not in school. The Illinois State Bo...
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Jury selection to start in 2005 beauty salon slayings caseJun 03, 2018 7:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A trial is expected to start for a St. Louis man charged in the 2005 stabbing deaths of three people at a southwestern Illinois beauty salon. ...
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Voting opens for design of Illinois' Bicentennial CoinJun 03, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois residents can vote on their favorite of five designs for a souvenir coin marking the state's 200th birthday. State Treasurer Michael Fr...
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Illinois firefighters concerned about budget cutsJun 02, 2018 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Central Illinois firefighters are concerned that budget cuts will put the public at risk. Peoria's budget plan calls for a rescue engine to be shut d...
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Muddy Waters wrote the songs of Chicago's blues legacyJun 02, 2018 1:00 am - Since June 2017, Muddy Waters' image has beamed down from a 10-story mural at 17 N. State St. in Chicago. But the king bee of Chicago blues looms even larger over the ci...
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Rockford marks 75th anniversary of women's baseball teamJun 01, 2018 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - The northern Illinois city of Rockford is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Rockford Peaches, the women's baseball team made famous in the mo...
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Democrat quits House leadership job amid harassment claimJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The No. 3 Democrat in the Illinois House stepped down from his leadership post Thursday less than an hour after a legislative activist accused him of verba...
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Group may provide tiny houses for homeless Illinois veteransMay 31, 2018 7:00 am - O'FALLON, Ill. (AP) - A nonprofit organization is looking at several locations in St. Clair and Madison counties to provide tiny homes for homeless veterans. ...
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Rauner pledges quick action on $38B budget planMay 31, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner, the Republican who arrived in town three years ago and fought established Democrats so hard the state was thrust into fiscal ...