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Illinois bookkeeper sentenced for years-long fraudOct 23, 2021 7:00 am - O'FALLON, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for defrauding a book-keeping client out of more than $1 million. Kathleen Dv...
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Workers find human remains at suburban Chicago preserveOct 23, 2021 7:00 am - DARIEN, Ill. (AP) - Authorities are investigating whether human remains found at a suburban Chicago nature preserve could be those of a United Airlines executive who van...
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Black female pilot a trailblazer for SIU aviationOct 23, 2021 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Vernecelyn Allen may not consider herself a trailblazer, but trying to find a better term to describe the Southern Illinois University Carbondale...
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Teen killed among 14 shot in Chicago on FridayOct 23, 2021 1:00 am - A 17-year-old boy was killed and 13 others wounded - including five in a single attack - in Chicago shootings Friday. The teen was fatally wounded in a shooting in Gresh...
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Correction: State Archives Building storyOct 22, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - In a story published October 21, 2021, about a new Indiana state archives building, The Associated Press erroneously reported the location of the new...
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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez reintroduces bill for 9/11 cleanup crewsOct 22, 2021 7:00 am - New York (AP) - Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and two other legislators reintroduced a bill in the House on Friday to put immigrants who cleared debris after the Sept. 1...
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Chicago installing signs renaming key road for Black settlerOct 22, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's mayor has helped launch the installation of new signs renaming the city's picturesque Lake Shore Drive after a Black man recognized as a key set...
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Court throws out one charge, 25 years for NW Indiana manOct 22, 2021 7:00 am - VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - The Indiana Court of Appeals vacated one of the murder convictions of a Northwest Indiana man Friday, cutting 25 years off his sentence, but he s...
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Elkhart woman charged in May house fire that killed 2 peopleOct 22, 2021 7:00 am - GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana woman has been charged with allegedly setting a May house fire that killed a man and an 8-year-old boy. Genessa Jones of Elkhart a...
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Ex-Peoria police officer's child porn conviction reinstatedOct 22, 2021 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Supreme Court has reinstated a former Peoria police officer's child pornography conviction, finding that an appellate court erred when i...