Articles filed under Illinois
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Rauner announces compromise on school tax-credit programJan 26, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner has announced a compromise on a school-funding issue which has held up implementation of a historic funding overhaul. The Repu...
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Report: Winnebago County jail inmates on lockdown too longJan 26, 2018 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois Department of Corrections inspection has found inmates have spent too many hours on lockdown in the Winnebago County jail. The Rockford...
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Illinois opioid helpline based in BostonJan 26, 2018 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Human Services has hired a Boston-based company to run an opioid help hotline despite receiving proposals from at leas...
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Eastern Illinois University spring enrollment up 5 percentJan 26, 2018 6:00 am - CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - Eastern Illinois University says its enrollment this spring is up 5 percent compared with last year. The university says total enrollment is 7,01...
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Southern Illinois hospital opens time capsule buried in 1958Jan 26, 2018 6:00 am - O'FALLON, Ill. (AP) - What's inside the box? That was the question employees at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in O'Fallon this week as they gathered at the new hospital to se...
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Illinois schools struggle to find substitute teachersJan 25, 2018 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Many school districts across Illinois are experiencing substitute teacher shortages, a survey shows. The survey of more than 500 superintendents ...
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Illinois high school chess teams to meet at 1st sectionalsJan 25, 2018 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - High school chess teams from across Illinois will compete in the first sectional competitions this weekend to try to earn a spot in the state fi...
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Man pleads guilty in 2016 death of 8-year-old Olney girlJan 25, 2018 6:00 am - OLNEY, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois man accused in the 2016 death of an 8-year-old Olney girl has pleaded guilty to predatory criminal sexual assault. Glenn Ramey, no...
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Sen. Silverstein cleared of sexual harassment by inspectorJan 25, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The inspector general for the Illinois General Assembly says a top state senator did not sexually harass a woman whose legislation he was sponso...
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Suspect charged after police chase in Missouri, IllinoisJan 25, 2018 6:00 am - MOLINE ACRES, Mo. (AP) - An Illinois man is accused of assaulting police and resisting arrest after allegedly ramming a police car and leading police on a two-state chas...