Articles filed under Illinois
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Smashing Pumpkins' Corgan reboots Nat'l Wrestling AllianceNov 11, 2017 6:00 am - Billy Corgan has a plan to resurrect an old favorite, a project tinged with nostalgia, yet firmly with an eye on sparking a new generation of fans. Ah, yes, reuniting th...
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Effort underway to locate, preserve Illinois WWI memorialsNov 11, 2017 6:00 am - MATTOON, Ill. (AP) - Efforts are underway to locate and restore outdoor World War I memorials and monuments across Illinois. The nonprofit organization Landmarks Illinoi...
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Man wrongly convicted of murder settles lawsuit with cityNov 11, 2017 6:00 am - SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) - A Washington state man wrongfully convicted in 2012 of the 1957 kidnapping and killing of a 7-year-old girl has settled his lawsuit against an Illi...
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Judge denies Quincy motion to dismiss most of Lovelace suitNov 11, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A federal judge has denied the city of Quincy's request to dismiss most of a lawsuit filed by a former Illinois prosecutor who was found not gui...
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Springfield medical school finds violation in herpes trialNov 10, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University School of Medicine has determined a scientist at the school violated internal and government rules in genital herpe...
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Illinois man pleads not guilty in sister-in-law's killingNov 10, 2017 6:00 am - HENNEPIN, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois man has pleaded not guilty to killing his sister-in-law, who went missing before her body was found in a shallow grave last year. The (...
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Illinois commission that advocates for deaf fires directorNov 10, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The longtime director of the Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission board has been dismissed. The unanimous vote Thursday to dismiss John ...
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Illinois Bicentennial Celebration to honor 200 veteransNov 09, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois will honor 200 veterans who've gone "above and beyond the call of duty" as part of the state's bicentennial celebration. Gov. Bruce Rau...
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Illinois investigated starved 6-year-old boy's home in 2016Nov 09, 2017 6:00 am - JERSEYVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Illinois child welfare officials say they received a hotline call about a 6-year-old Jerseyville boy's home nearly two years before he was found...
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5 charged with murder in 3 separate Rockford shootingsNov 09, 2017 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say they've charged five people with first-degree murder in three separate shootings in the Northern Illinois community of Rockford. Th...