Articles filed under Illinois
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Granite City Works employee dies after rail yard incidentMar 06, 2017 6:00 am - GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) - Officials say a Granite City Works employee has died following an incident in the steel plant's rail yard. The Belleville News-Democrat reports...
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Missing Iowa fisherman's body found in Mississippi RiverMar 06, 2017 6:00 am - MONTROSE, Iowa (AP) - The body of one of two Iowa fishermen missing since their boat capsized Jan. 3 on the Mississippi River has been recovered by Illinois officials do...
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Delany has giraffe's vision to help businesses with their strategyMar 06, 2017 12:00 am - If some job changes had not taken place, John Delany of Inverness would never have started Giraffe Strategy Consulting for Business, a Barrington consulting firm. He wa...
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Trump's proposed 20% Mexican import tax gets mixed reactions from manufacturersMar 06, 2017 12:00 am - When Tim Perry, president of Precision Metal Technologies Inc., heard about President Donald Trump's suggested 20 percent tariff on imports from Mexico, he quickly stopp...
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Road in Shawnee National Forest closing for snake migrationMar 05, 2017 6:00 am - HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) - A 2ˆ½-mile road in the Shawnee National Forest is closing to allow snakes and other amphibians to migrate from the limestone bluffs where they've...
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Illinois farmers uncertain how weather could affect cropsMar 05, 2017 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Unseasonably high temperatures have allowed Illinois farmers to work in the fields, but many of them are wondering how the weather will affect th...
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Coliseum to remain shuttered through Illinois State FairMar 05, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois State Fairground's Coliseum won't open its doors to guests and shows this year - not even for its namesake fair in August. The 116-...
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February broke record for warm temperatures in IllinoisMar 04, 2017 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - The last month was the warmest February on record in Illinois. Climatologist Jim Angel of the Illinois State Water Survey says Illinois had severa...
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Union membership in Illinois last year matches historic lowMar 04, 2017 6:00 am - MOLINE, Ill. (AP) - Union membership in Illinois matched a historic low in 2016, according to figures from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Union membership accou...
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Morton wins third consecutive girls 3A championshipMar 04, 2017 6:00 am - NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Senior forward Brandi Bisping has scored 17 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Morton to its third consecutive girls 3A championship by beating R...