Articles filed under Illinois
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Man hit, killed by SUV on I-70 near Glenwood SpringsAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Authorities have released the name of a man who was hit and killed by an SUV on Interstate 70 west of Glenwood Springs. The Post Independe...
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Rauner vetoes plan to reopen Hardin County prison campAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. Bruce Rauner has vetoed legislation that would require the reopening of the Hardin County Work Camp in far southern Illinois. Rauner's veto...
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SIU Edwardsville: High lead levels in water at 3 buildingsAug 19, 2016 7:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is advising students that high lead levels have been detected in water at three buildings. The note s...
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Survey says economy remains weak in rural parts of 10 statesAug 18, 2016 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - A monthly survey of bankers suggests the economy remains weak in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states even though it improved slightly in the p...
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EXCHANGE: Illinois children get a summer science boostAug 18, 2016 7:00 am - LAKE IN THE HILLS, Ill. (AP) - As 9-year-old Owen Moore pedaled on the stationary bike, he hoped to convert his kinetic energy into electricity. Corresponding lights mea...
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Grant to allow U of I to study electric-grid protectionAug 18, 2016 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois will use a multimillion-dollar federal grant to study the nation's electric grid and devise ways to respond to a potential...
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Former Illinois village president cleared of chargesAug 18, 2016 7:00 am - SYCAMORE, Ill. (AP) - A judge has acquitted the former president of a small village in northern Illinois of misconduct and theft charges. According to The (DeKalb) Daily...
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Woman charged with hate crime in eastern IllinoisAug 18, 2016 7:00 am - CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) - A 54-year-old white woman is charged with a hate crime for allegedly using a racial epithet against a black man in eastern Illinois. The Mattoon ...
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Illinois State Fair vendors having hard time after floodingAug 18, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Vendors at the Illinois State Fair say they're struggling after thunderstorms, flash flooding and power outages struck this year's event. "I've ...
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U of Illinois developing models to test grid protectionAug 17, 2016 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - The University of Illinois says it has received an $18.7 million federal grant to develop a way to test the United States' response to and recovery f...