Articles filed under Illinois
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Snowy owl migration gives scientists chance to study themDec 21, 2017 12:00 am - Scott Judd trained his camera lens on the white dot in the distance. As he moved up the Lake Michigan shoreline, the speck on a breakwater came into view and took his br...
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Man going to prison after false claim of military serviceDec 20, 2017 6:00 am - ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) - A western Illinois man who falsely claimed that he fought in Vietnam to receive disability benefits has been sentenced to eight years in federal...
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Illinois woman pleads guilty in mother's stabbing deathDec 20, 2017 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois woman has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in her mother's July stabbing death. The (Bloomington) Pantag...
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Illinois treasurer returns missing medal to Marine's familyDec 20, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs has returned a Purple Heart medal to the family of Marine killed during the Vietnam War. Frerichs retu...
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Daily Herald to buy Pana News Inc. in latest downstate newspaper acquisitionDec 20, 2017 4:00 am - Negotiations are nearing completion for the sale of Pana News Inc. in central Illinois to Paddock Publications Inc., officials for both companies announced Tuesday, in a...
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Suburbs contribute to Illinois' population declineDec 20, 2017 12:00 am - Illinois lost more people than any other state over the year ending July 1, continuing a plunge that dropped it to sixth place in population, behind Pennsylvania. Howeve...
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State seeking after-school ideas for $12M federal grantDec 19, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois State Board of Education is seeking proposals for $12 million in federal grant funding for afterschool programs serving large low-i...
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Illinois woman sentenced in infant son's asphyxiation deathDec 19, 2017 6:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A south central Illinois woman has been sentenced to four years of probation in the asphyxiation death of her 2-month-old son in a crowded, tra...
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52-year-old Illinois judge dies a few weeks into new jobDec 19, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A 52-year-old Illinois appellate judge has died unexpectedly just weeks into his new job on the bench. The Sangamon County coroner's office says...
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Settlement allows Rockford officer to retireDec 19, 2017 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A settlement agreement has been reached that will allow a Rockford police officer who was involved in the 2009 police shooting death of an unarmed ...