Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois Executive Mansion officials solicit volunteersFeb 03, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois governor's mansion is moving into a new phase as officials solicit volunteers to serve as greeters and docents when the mansion reo...
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ISU gets $300,000 grant to develop crime scene deviceFeb 03, 2018 6:00 am - NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Researchers at Illinois State University have received a $300,000 grant to work on a portable device that lets criminal investigators test evidence i...
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Springfield making effort to cut back on using road saltFeb 03, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Springfield officials say the city uses salt to de-ice roadways but there's a conscious effort to cut back on its use. Springfield Public Works ...
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Official urges Illinois residents to practice fire safetyFeb 03, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The state fire marshal is urging Illinois residents to test smoke alarms and prepare a family emergency escape plan after an unusually high numb...
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Where slaves hid while traveling on Underground Railroad in suburbsFeb 03, 2018 12:00 am - Despite Illinois' status as a free state, runaway slaves and free blacks did not find the state accommodating in its earliest days. Slave owners in southern Illinois wer...
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Clerk denies UI student request for more early voting sitesFeb 02, 2018 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The Champaign County clerk has rejected a request for more early-voting locations from student leaders at the University of Illinois campus in Urbana...
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New fish cakes aimed at controlling invasive Asian carpFeb 02, 2018 6:00 am - BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Louisiana chef hopes to control invasive Asian carp by marketing them as Silverfin fish cakes. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheri...
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Southern Illinois University sees drop in spring enrollmentFeb 02, 2018 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University says its spring enrollment fell 8.8 percent this year compared to last spring. Numbers released by the university sh...
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Lawsuits over herbicide dicamba to be heard in St. LouisFeb 02, 2018 6:00 am - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A special panel of judges says 11 lawsuits filed in four states against the makers of the herbicide dicamba will be centralized in federal court...
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Climatologist: January weather was colder, drier in IllinoisFeb 02, 2018 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' state climatologist says January weather was colder and drier than normal in the state without much snow. Illinois State Climatologist J...