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Indiana man gets 50 years in wife's 2020 killing, beheadingMay 09, 2022 7:00 am - CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A west central Indiana man was sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing his wife, whose severed head was found buried...
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Longest-serving jurist Garman retires from state high courtMay 09, 2022 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman, who had planned to seek a third 10-year term in November, abruptly tendered her resignation Monday. ...
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Jane collective members tell their stories in filmMay 09, 2022 5:30 am - The story of the Jane collective that ran an under-the-radar abortion service for women in the Chicago area before Roe v. Wade is getting new exposure 50 years after pol...
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'Call Jane': How Chicago and suburban women defied authority to provide abortions in the 1970sMay 09, 2022 5:30 am - Fifty years ago, Abby Pariser and Sheila Smith were caring for women undergoing illegal abortions at a secret Chicago location when homicide detectives came calling. “Fi...
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DCFS director: 'Stuck kids' docket a problem years in the makingMay 09, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith has faced nine cases of contempt of court in recent weeks for failing to comply with a judge...
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Garman to retire from state Supreme CourtMay 09, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Republican Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman announced Monday that she will retire on July 7, marking the end of a long legal career that has incl...
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'I knew they wanted me': Lake Zurich alum Sanborn hoping to make Bears rosterMay 09, 2022 1:00 am - LAKE FOREST - Jack Sanborn was in frequent communication with the Bears during the final day of the NFL draft. The longer his name remained on the board, the more realis...
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Cruising the Great Lakes on an 11-day voyageMay 08, 2022 7:32 am - The COVID-19 pandemic pulled the plug on cruises of the Great Lakes after I experienced mine in 2019. Now these voyages of our inland seas are back ping-ponging between ...
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Boy, 5, dies after being pulled from central Indiana creekMay 08, 2022 7:00 am - BROWNSBURG, Ind. (AP) - A 5-year-old boy has died after being pulled from a creek in central Indiana. The boy's 3-year-old sister made it out of the water on her own Sat...
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Arkush: With rookie minicamp now complete, who's the Bears' most important rookie?May 08, 2022 1:00 am - LAKE FOREST - Rookie camps are almost all about preparing the youngsters to compete and to be evaluated, and for them to try to impress as young men and establish an ima...