Articles filed under Illinois
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Long-time state fair vendors serve as parade grand marshalsAug 09, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Grand marshals for the 2017 Illinois State Fair Twilight Parade will be three families of long-time fair vendors. State Fair Manager Kevin Gordo...
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Dozens of antique vehicles destroy by overnight fireAug 09, 2017 7:00 am - STAUNTON, Ill. (AP) - Dozens of antique vehicles were destroyed when a fire swept through a garage outside the southern Illinois community of Staunton. Staunton Fire Pro...
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Agency inspecting all rides at Illinois State FairAug 09, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois officials are conducting routine inspections of all rides at the 2017 state fair to ensure they are safe to operate. The Illinois Depar...
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Pennsylvania-based orchestra's musical barge is up for saleAug 09, 2017 7:00 am - BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Two cities in upstate New York are in the running to acquire a barge that has served as a floating stage for a Pennsylvania-based orchestra since 19...
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Carson says despite public housing crisis Cairo can be savedAug 08, 2017 7:00 am - CAIRO, Ill. (AP) - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson visited the Cairo, Illinois, on Tuesday and told local residents that through creative approaches, ...
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Safety study planned at Illinois university auditoriumAug 08, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Officials at the University of Illinois in Springfield say an outside consulting firm will review safety issues at the Sangamon Auditorium follo...
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Replica water tank placed atop Swedish-American MuseumAug 08, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A replica water tank has been placed atop Chicago's Swedish American Museum, again marking a North Side neighborhood as a home to Nordic immigrants. The r...
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Lovelace responds to request to dismiss Quincy lawsuitAug 08, 2017 7:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - Attorneys for a former Illinois prosecutor acquitted in the 2006 death of his first wife are asking a federal judge not to dismiss counts in a lawsui...
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Beaman taking suit to Illinois Supreme Court after dismissalAug 08, 2017 7:00 am - TUSCOLA, Ill. (AP) - A man wrongfully convicted of a 1993 murder plans to ask the Illinois Supreme Court to review the dismissal of his lawsuit against the town of Norma...
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Illinois toddler killed after struck by car in drivewayAug 08, 2017 7:00 am - KEYESPORT, Ill. (AP) - Police in southern Illinois say a toddler was killed after he was struck by a car in a driveway. The Clinton County Sheriff's Office says the 2-ye...