Articles filed under Illinois
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Kirkwood Community College hires new president from IllinoisDec 15, 2017 6:00 am - CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids has hired a new president. Television station KCRG reports that 59-year-old Lori Sundberg, the curre...
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No charges in St. Paul police shooting that left man deadDec 15, 2017 6:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Prosecutors have declined to file criminal charges against police officers who shot and killed a black man in St. Paul after he pointed a gun at t...
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Supreme Court to consider wrongfully convicted man's lawsuitDec 15, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court has reversed itself, saying it will consider a lawsuit filed against a town and three former police officers by a man...
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Northern Illinois sheriff halts New Year's Eve ride programDec 15, 2017 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Anyone celebrating on New Year's Eve in northern Illinois' Winnebago County can forget about counting on the sheriff's department for a ride home t...
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Hospitals ask people with flu not to visit patientsDec 15, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Health officials in Springfield have a request for anyone who thinks just because they're feeling under the weather it's still OK to visit someo...
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Man sentenced for killing Mundelein man near University of IllinoisDec 15, 2017 12:00 am - CHAMPAIGN — A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 69 years in a 2016 fatal shooting during a party near the University of Illinois. Judge Roger Webber sentenced Robbie...
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Peoria man who burned child in shower sentenced to prisonDec 14, 2017 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A Peoria man convicted of beating and severely burning a 2-year-old girl by putting her into a scalding hot shower to punish her has been sentenced t...
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Illinois Santa Claus on quest for weight lossDec 14, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois man who's played Santa Claus for 20 years is on a quest to lose weight, amid the nation's growing obesity epidemic. ...
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Illinois man to restore father's vintage pickup truckDec 14, 2017 6:00 am - CHEBANSE, Ill. (AP) - After returning home from Vietnam, Wendell Wingert bought a 1950 Chevrolet 3100 pickup truck and drove it home from Fort Hood, Texas. The Bronze St...
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Northern Illinois man faces 90 years in 2015 murder, arsonDec 14, 2017 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois man has been sentenced to 90 years for fatally shooting a man and his dog in 2015, robbing the home and setting it on fire. ...