Articles filed under Region
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Dirty little secrets: Sex crimes in our schoolsOct 20, 2007 11:00 pm - The young teacher hung his head, avoiding eye contact. Yes, he had touched a fifth-grader's breast during recess. "I guess it was just lust of the flesh," he told his bo...
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Troubled hotel is now in state's hands, to be soldOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - COLLINSVILLE, Ill. -- The state of Illinois effectively has taken ownership of a Holiday Inn in this Metro East community, hoping to recoup what it can from the site bui...
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A bad precedent hereOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Arguing that creating a new town is a lot of work seems a bit bizarre when the person making the argument is Patsy Smith, the woman who led incorporation efforts and the...
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Illinois Guard unit going to Afghanistan to train armyOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- The Illinois National Guard will see its largest deployment since World War II when more than 2,700 members head to Afghanistan to help train the Afghan arm...
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Cook County to get assistance from floodingOct 19, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Friday the federal government will provide assistance to Cook County to help it recover from the severe storms and flooding in la...
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Vaughn evidence put under wrapsOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Evidence exchanged between prosecutors and defense lawyers will be sealed in the case of an Oswego man charged with fatally shooting his wife and children in the family'...
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Quinn pushes reform voteOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday urged Gov. Rod Blagojevich to help push through a campaign-reform bill to combat the state's reputation as a haven for "pay-to-play" polit...
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A second act, for Gore and his entire generationOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Until now, I believed that the smallest unit of time was between the moment the traffic light turned green and the car behind you honked. I was wrong. The shortest unit ...
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Hastert leaving early, or is he?Oct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Aides say former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert now plans to resign from Congress sooner than expected -- though he himself isn't confirming that....
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Police find SIUE student named in university alertOct 18, 2007 11:00 pm - EDWARDSVILLE -- Police say they've found a student named as a "potential threat" in a campus-wide e-mail sent to the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville community....