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Prepare to share the road with mega-beamsJan 13, 2020 12:00 am - Drivers on some local tollways and expressways should prepare to share the road with some concrete behemoths in the coming weeks. Starting Tuesday, more than 230 concret...
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Illinois abortion foes ask U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. WadeJan 13, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - An Illinois anti-abortion advocacy group argues the U.S. Supreme Court's decision legalizing the procedure is outdated and "out of step with modern science...
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State ag director resigns at request of Pritzker in wake of email scandalJan 13, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state's agriculture director resigned last weekend at the request of Gov. J.B. Pritzker for failing to disclose contents of a 2012 email that pointed t...
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Four radio stations expected to move to Gurnee Mills in FebruaryJan 13, 2020 12:00 am - The long-developing plan to move four radio stations to the Gurnee Mills mall will become reality next month. The radio stations on the move are two Pleasant Prairie, Wi...
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$19.7 million in marijuana sales in first 12 daysJan 13, 2020 12:00 am - Statewide sales of legal marijuana totaled $19.7 million in the first 12 days, officials said. There were 495,385 transactions from Jan. 1 to Sunday at marijuana shops a...
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New gun dealer regulations to take effect FridayJan 13, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - New rules governing how retail gun dealers do business go into effect Friday and include the types of records they must keep, how weapons and ammunition ar...
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'Serial Stowaway' Marilyn Hartman deemed fit to stand trial for trespassing at O'HareJan 12, 2020 10:00 pm - Marilyn Hartman, the 68-year-old woman with a history of sneaking aboard airplanes without a ticket, is fit to stand trial, a Cook County judge ruled Monday. Judge Peggy...
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Suburban Chicago man convicted in a crash that killed teenJan 12, 2020 6:00 am - ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago man who police said was driving at 107 mph (172 kilometers per mile) when he struck another car, killing a 16-year-old gi...
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Prosecutor wants federal death penalty in lawyer's slayingJan 12, 2020 6:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Madison County State's Attorney Tom Gibbons wants to see if the federal death penalty could be imposed in the stabbing death of a prominent Ill...
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ISU will honor Kurt Thomas, rest of 1977 gymnastics teamJan 12, 2020 6:00 am - TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - In November, Indiana State University plans to honor its 1977 NCAA champion men's gymnastics team, featuring Kurt Thomas, to help celebrate the ...