Articles filed under Illinois
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11-year-old 'yodeling boy' Mason Ramsey gets record dealApr 29, 2018 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An 11-year-old boy whose yodeling at an Illinois Walmart started a wave of attention has signed a record deal. Mason Ramsey signed with Atlantic ...
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The Great Migration: 'When we got to Illinois, we could sit anywhere we liked'Apr 29, 2018 5:30 am - Victory Bell can still remember the night when he boarded the Illinois Central Railroad's City of New Orleans in Durant, Mississippi, bound for Chicago, then changed tra...
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White announces $15 million in state funding to librariesApr 28, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois libraries will receive more than $15 million in grants from state librarian Jesse White. White is also secretary of state. He says the ...
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Illinois pilot program connects students with therapistsApr 28, 2018 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois county is using a pilot program to connect children and teenagers experiencing a mental health concern or crisis with a thera...
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AG, bus company reach deal on temporary restraining orderApr 27, 2018 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A Champaign area-based bus company has reached an agreement with the Illinois attorney general's office on a temporary restraining order relating ...
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Opening set for renovated boathouse at SIU's Campus LakeApr 27, 2018 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University is holding a grand opening for a renovated boathouse at Campus Lake. The Southern Illinoisan reports...
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Deal to provide free bus service at U of I extended 3 yearsApr 27, 2018 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A decades-old agreement to provide free bus service to University of Illinois students and staff is being extended another three years. The (Champ...
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Police: Human remains not believed linked to missing womanApr 27, 2018 7:00 am - LITCHFIELD, Ill. (AP) - State Police say skeletal remains found this week in central Illinois are not believed to be those of a woman who vanished in January. The remain...
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House bill would keep medically fragile in fee-for-serviceApr 27, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois House has approved a measure advocates say would make it easier for seriously ill children to obtain health care. The plan by Democ...
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Police: Illinois man led police on 2-county tractor pursuitApr 27, 2018 7:00 am - ATHENS, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois man is in custody after police say he led officers on a slow-speed pursuit through two counties while driving a large tractor. Twe...