Articles filed under Illinois
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Smoke plumes rise from East St. Louis vacant building fireNov 20, 2017 6:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - East St. Louis Fire Chief Jason Blackmon says a blaze in a vacant apartment building "really took off," prompting his crews to make an aggres...
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University degrees combine computer science and ag, musicNov 20, 2017 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois plans to offer new degrees that combine computer science with music or crop sciences. University officials say the new bac...
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Coal City man pleads not guilty in woman's shooting deathNov 20, 2017 6:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois man has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting death of a bartender who went missing. The (Jol...
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Illinois DNR to landowners: Do homework before selling treesNov 20, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The state of Illinois is warning people who own forest land to do their homework before agreeing to sell mature forest trees and logs. The Illin...
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Decatur Police investigate shooting deathNov 19, 2017 6:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - A 48-year-old man has been found shot to death in the backyard of a Decatur house. The (Decatur) Herald & Review reports that the body of Todd Danie...
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Police dog to regularly search public schools in SpringfieldNov 19, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Springfield Public Schools officials have hired a canine handler to regularly search middle and high schools for drugs, bombs and guns. ...
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AP Exclusive: 4 in 5 Illinois debris sites high in toxinsNov 19, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Illinois regulators found higher-than-acceptable levels of toxins in 80 percent of the stat...
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Illinois man's memory to live on with Rose Parade floatNov 19, 2017 6:00 am - SHERMAN, Ill. (AP) - A 22-year-old central Illinois man who died of an undetected aneurysm is being remembered with his portrait on a float at this year's Rose Parade in...
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Newspaper investigation finds Illinois raffle irregularitiesNov 18, 2017 6:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A newspaper investigation has found that at least a dozen raffles conducted largely by veterans' organizations in southwest Illinois may not be i...
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EXCHANGE: Illinois family's service spans generationsNov 18, 2017 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - The Hunter family tree is heavily decorated: Purple hearts. A Distinguished Service Cross. Public praise from high-ranking commanders. The legacy o...