Articles filed under Illinois
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Rockford officials seek demolition of 29 vacant housesAug 29, 2017 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Officials in Rockford want the city council to approve more than $200,000 in bids to tear down 29 vacant and abandoned houses. The Rockford Registe...
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The Latest: Illinois Senate approves school funding overhaulAug 29, 2017 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Latest on Illinois lawmakers' efforts to approve a school funding overhaul (all times local): 2:05 p.m. The Illinois Senate has approved a n...
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2019 trial date set in Lovelace lawsuit against QuincyAug 28, 2017 7:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - A trial date has been set for October 2019 in a lawsuit brought by a former Illinois prosecutor who was acquitted in the 2006 death of his first wife...
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Education funding overhaul fails in the Illinois House, leaving money for more than 800 districts uncertainAug 28, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Education funding overhaul fails in the Illinois House, leaving money for more than 800 districts uncertain. ...
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Feds: Man gets prison for sex with girl he met through appAug 28, 2017 7:00 am - BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - Federal prosecutors say an Illinois man is headed to prison for traveling to Connecticut to have sex with a 15-year-old girl he met through an o...
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Behind the scenes at Chicago's iconic Buckingham FountainAug 28, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A bit after dawn Eric Kelmar and his team of engineers arrive for their routine check of Chicago's Buckingham Fountain for the day. "It takes a lot of lov...
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Coroner: Woman shot ex-husband before drowning in lakeAug 28, 2017 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - A county coroner says an Illinois woman fatally shot her ex-husband before their home caught fire and she was found dead in a nearby lake. Madison Count...
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Sheriff: 2 hurt in southern Illinois small plane crashAug 28, 2017 7:00 am - MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) - A county sheriff's office says two people were seriously hurt when a small plane crashed into a southern Illinois orchard. The Jackson County Sh...
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Rauner signs automatic voter registration lawAug 28, 2017 1:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a measure Monday allowing automatic voter registration in Illinois, a move that comes a year after he rejected a simil...
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State, counties preparing to offer Hurricane Harvey aidAug 28, 2017 1:00 am - An Illinois agency says it's prepared to mobilize manpower and equipment to send to Texas to aid relief efforts following Hurricane Harvey. So far, though, officials at ...