Articles filed under Illinois
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4 finalists in place in SIU-Carbondale chancellor searchApr 04, 2017 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University officials say they are down to the final four candidates for the position of chancellor at the school's Carbondale c...
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State high court denies Rauner bid for union contract appealApr 04, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court has declined a request to bypass a lower court and immediately take up Gov. Bruce Rauner's case for imposing pay and ...
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Judge: Mentally ill inmates' care burdens Illinois jailsApr 04, 2017 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A judge in central Illinois says delays in placing mentally ill inmates in state hospitals shift the burden for their care to county jails and d...
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Federal lawmakers: Hiring freeze could hurt Thomson PrisonApr 04, 2017 7:00 am - THOMSON, Ill. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos have written a letter to the Department of Justice in an effort to keep a hiring freeze from affect...
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East Dundee police officers to wear body camerasApr 04, 2017 7:00 am - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - All East Dundee, Illinois police officers will soon be required to wear body cameras. East Dundee Police Chief Terry Mee says officers are...
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Body of central Illinois missing for a week found in lakeApr 04, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Divers have found the body of a central Illinois man more than a week after he took a watercraft on Lake Springfield. Forty-nine-year-old Joseph...
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Illinois man pleads not guilty in cold caseApr 03, 2017 7:00 am - KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois man accused of killing his wife and scattering her dismembered body in two rivers nearly 40 years ago has pleaded not guilty in the col...
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Illinois State Fair has new theme, logoApr 03, 2017 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois State Fair has a new logo and a new theme. Illinois State Department of Agriculture Director Raymond Poe and State Fair Manager Kev...
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UAW local in East Peoria ratifies contract with CaterpillarApr 03, 2017 7:00 am - EAST PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A union local in East Peoria has ratified a supplemental agreement of a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. The (Peoria) Journal St...
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Carbondale man reels in record-weighing crappieApr 03, 2017 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - A Carbondale man is the new crappie king in Illinois. The Southern Illinoisan (http://bit.ly/2oquyj3 ) reports that Ryan Povolish last Tuesday pu...