Articles filed under Illinois
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Legislature making new effort to pass a gun dealer billMay 15, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois lawmakers on Tuesday revived efforts to pass gun-dealer licensing legislation after a veto by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner stymied a pr...
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Authorities say Quincy officer fatally shot 53-year-old manMay 15, 2018 7:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a 53-year-old man was fatally shot by a western Illinois police officer who had responded to a call about suspicious activity. Quincy...
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Central Illinois town gets federal funds to upgrade downtownMay 14, 2018 7:00 am - MOUNT STERLING, Ill. (AP) - A small central Illinois community is receiving $1.5 million in federal funds to revitalize its aging downtown infrastructure. The (Quincy) H...
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Illinois Bicentennial: How Walgreens became an institutionMay 14, 2018 5:30 am - A pharmacist at Walgreens for 37 years, Joel Karlinsky might had often seen people on their worst days, coming to him for antidotes to their health maladies. But in prov...
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Rauner wants to reinstate death penalty to curb violenceMay 14, 2018 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Bruce Rauner wants to reinstate the death penalty in Illinois for mass murderers and those who kill police officers. Rauner put the provision in legis...
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Rockford to use state grant for police-car dashboard camerasMay 13, 2018 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A state grant will help the Rockford Police Department equip all its squad cars with dashboard cameras. The Rockford Register-Star reports the agen...
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Educators from Myanmar visit Western Illinois UniversityMay 13, 2018 7:00 am - MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - A group of teachers and administrators from Myanmar has wrapped up a month-long visit to Illinois. Twenty-six educators participated in the Education...
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Judge to call 300 potential jurors for Putnam murder trialMay 13, 2018 7:00 am - HENNEPIN, Ill. (AP) - A Putnam County judge will call a pool of 300 potential jurors for the upcoming trial of a Standard man accused of fatally beating his sister-in-la...
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Rockford man gets life in prison for sex assault of childMay 13, 2018 7:00 am - ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) - A Rockford man has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting a child. Kane County Judge James Hallock sentenced 40-year-old James...
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Today in HistoryMay 13, 2018 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Monday, May 14, the 134th day of 2018. There are 231 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 14, 1948, according to the cur...