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Indiana man wanted for 2018 home repair fraud in AlgonquinJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - A 39-year-old Indiana man is wanted on a felony charge of aggravated home repair fraud stemming from a 2018 agreement to do a project in Algonquin. Kane County prosecuto...
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Illinois ethics laws among the weakest in the nation, legislators toldJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Government reform advocates told a panel of state lawmakers Thursday that Illinois has some of the weakest governmental ethics rules in the country and tha...
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Interim police chief begins shakeupJan 29, 2020 10:00 pm - One of the biggest police reorganizations in Chicago in decades was launched Thursday by Charlie Beck, the former Los Angeles police chief who's temporarily running the ...
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Brothers: Smollett 'scheme was accomplished'Jan 29, 2020 10:00 pm - The bodybuilding brothers targeted in Jussie Smollett's malicious prosecution lawsuit took a shot at the actor in a new court filing as they asked a judge to toss his co...
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Indiana governor signs spending plan for unexpected revenueJan 29, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's governor has signed off on a plan for spending $291 million in unexpected state tax revenue on college campus construction projects after l...
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Plane crash killed former Springfield mayor, coronerJan 29, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Former Springfield, Illinois, Mayor Frank Edwards and his wife, Sangamon County Coroner Cinda Edwards, were two of the three people killed when ...
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Ban on drivers using handheld phones clears Indiana HouseJan 29, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana House endorsed a proposal Wednesday that would ban motorists from using handheld cellphones, a step that supporters say is aimed at comba...
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Smollett's lawyers seek records on Chicago's ousted top copJan 29, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Attorneys for actor Jussie Smollett have asked the city of Chicago turn over documents that show former police Superintendent Eddie Johnson was 'œuntruthf...
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Indiana court declines case of 100-year molestation sentenceJan 29, 2020 6:00 am - JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) - The Indiana Supreme Court has declined to take up the case of a man sentenced to 100 years in prison for molesting 20 children while working ...
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Chicago police sergeant wounded by suspect in fatal shootingJan 29, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago police sergeant was wounded Wednesday as he followed a pickup truck alleged to be driven by a suspect involved in a fatal shooting that was obse...