Articles filed under Illinois
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18-year-old graduate pays for college with $25K raffle winJun 09, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Luck, timing and generous friends turned into a $25,000 payday for Cicely Leonetti. The 18-year-old graduate of Rochester High School in Illinoi...
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Springfield Municipal Band plays on despite stolen equipmentJun 09, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Springfield Municipal Band is kicking off its season a few days late after someone stole the group's audio and other equipment. The State Jo...
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Budget impasse forces closing of Southern Illinois museumJun 09, 2017 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - The museum at Southern Illinois University has become another casualty of Illinois legislators' failure to come up with a state budget. The South...
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Rockford to receive $700K grant redevelop industrial siteJun 08, 2017 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Federal officials say the city of Rockford will receive $700,000 to redevelop a 22-acre industrial site. Rockford officials plan to use the revolvi...
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Copper capers jump in Springfield, with 5 thefts since MayJun 08, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Police in Springfield have reported a rising number of copper thefts with rising temperatures. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register reports ...
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Prosecutors want judge to allow Gliniewicz emails, textsJun 08, 2017 7:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Prosecutors in northern Illinois are asking a judge to reconsider a key ruling regarding the upcoming trial of the wife of a former Fox Lake Police...
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Postal service warns Illinois community to control dogsJun 08, 2017 7:00 am - GEORGETOWN, Ill. (AP) - Recent dog attacks on mail carriers in an eastern Illinois community have postal officials warning residents if they don't control their pets the...
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Woodstock to honor civil rights activist despite oppositionJun 08, 2017 7:00 am - WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois city is planning to recognize a civil rights activist with a plaque on its courthouse, despite concerns that the historical ma...
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Patrol: Illinois man disappeared at Missouri lake May 31Jun 08, 2017 7:00 am - LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) - The Missouri State Highway Patrol has identified a man who has been missing for two weeks at the Lake of the Ozarks. The patrol says 20-year-old J...
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Murder retrial of ex-prosecutor in Illinois cost nearly $36KJun 07, 2017 7:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - The retrial of a former Illinois prosecutor who was charged with first-degree murder has cost the Quincy Police Department and the Adams County circu...