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If you have a snowmobile in Illinois, state officials want you to make sure it's properly insured.
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An appeals court says prosecutors may use statements made by a suspect in a triple killing at a southwestern Illinois beauty shop in his upcoming trial.
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Public university presidents say they're worried about making payroll and depleting their schools' reserves because the state isn't giving them the money they've been promised.
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Schools across central Illinois are closed and police are handling dozens of accidents as snow continues to fall.
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A southwestern Illinois man who authorities say chased down and perhaps unintentionally killed another man by running him over with a car has been sentenced to five years in prison.
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A 29-year-old central Illinois alderman is dead after having surgery to correct an irregular heartbeat.
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A former St. Clair County teacher and pro wrestler who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for trying to kill a teenager in 2006 won't face additional time for assaulting police and paramedics who aided him after a suicide attempt.
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The University of Illinois is bugging out.
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A substitute teacher in southern Illinois is accused of having sex with a female student.
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The director of the Illinois State Police is asking those celebrating the Super Bowl this weekend not to drink and drive, to choose a designated driver or call a taxi to make sure they arrive home safely.
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Meet Ted Neeley, Superman.
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The Belleville Police Department has a new tactic in fighting the drug trade in the city -- signs pointing out to the public houses and apartments where police say drugs are sold.
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Illinois taxpayers spend more than $122 million a year to care for the mentally ill in privately run, for-profit nursing homes -- a system largely rejected elsewhere over costs, concerns about residents' rights and quality of care.
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Eureka College is observing the 99th anniversary of the birth of alumnus Ronald Reagan with a tour to Reagan-related sites that will be led by Reagan's eldest son, Michael Reagan.
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Jim Tibensky first noticed the young swan in a pond off Smith Road near St. Charles in June. Tibensky, 61, of Wayne, a kayak enthusiast who regularly paddled there all summer, watched the swan as it grew.
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People always ask Becca Allen how she plays basketball with one arm.
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A central Illinois coroner says a man found dead in an apartment trash chute died accidentally.
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Central Illinois mechanic Dana Underwood makes the nooks and crannies of a car sound like a small-animal zoo.
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The mix of snow, sleet and rain making its way across central Illinois is starting to slicken roads and create travel headaches.
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A northern Illinois woman charged with murder in the death of a newborn girl is likely the mother of two other infants found dead in the trunk of an impounded vehicle registered to her, authorities said.
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A former teacher and athletics director at a southern Illinois high school will sentenced next month now that he's been convicted of dealing drugs.
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Authorities in Springfield have charged two cousins with the slaying of 24-year-old William Suggs, who was found shot to death inside his car Dec. 10.
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An Illinois woman awaits sentencing in the murder of a pregnant, developmentally impaired mother who police say was beaten with a plunger handle, burned with a hot glue gun and used for target practice with a BB pistol.
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A young man who opened fire with a semiautomatic weapon inside a farm supply store before turning the weapon on himself entered without ammunition and obtained bullets at the store, police said Thursday.
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Police say the suspected gunman at a western Illinois farm supply store is dead and the standoff is over.
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Economic troubles don't just affect people and families. Pets are impacted, too.
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Illinois consumers now can get significant rebates on a range of energy-efficient home appliances.
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Illinois consumers now can get significant rebates on a range of energy-efficient home appliances.
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn says his state will put millions toward passenger rail routes from Chicago to Dubuque, Iowa, and the Quad Cities.
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One of the nation's largest power generators plans to join the FutureGen Alliance, an organization developing an experimental clean-coal power plant in eastern Illinois.
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A 22-year-old eastern Illinois man is dead after an apparent accident in a grain bin.
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Police in Sterling, Illinois, in the western part of the state are cracking down on drivers texting in a school or construction zone.
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If the Massachusetts special election was a kick in the shins for President Barack Obama, the political turmoil in his home state of Illinois is a pain in the neck.
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Jobless rates in December 2009 were higher for all 12 Illinois metropolitan areas for the 31st straight month.
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Authorities say the search for millions of dollars of cigarettes stolen from a warehouse in East Peoria has reached as far as the New York and Miami areas.
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Police in Danville are warning residents about several men who have been knocking on doors and posing as city workers trimming trees, apparently so they can get into homes and burglarize them.
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The number of working teens is at a record low both nationwide and in Illinois, according to a report called "The Lost Decade for Teen and Young Adult Employment in Illinois" commissioned by the Alternative Schools Network.
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If you need a new appliance, you may want to take advantage of the Illinois Energy Star rebate program.
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Officials at the University of Illinois say they're creating a Web site that will allow people to review the school's budget and give feedback.
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Officials in Alton are unsure of the fate of an early 19th-century building that was destroyed by a fire earlier this week.
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Honeywell plans to cut more than 200 jobs at its plant in Rock Island.
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Ill. Governor Pat Quinn delivered the 2010 State of the State speech Wednesday amid campaigning for the primary election.
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Gov. Quinn has named one of the state's best known doctors as Illinois' first public health advocate.
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The H1N1 flu outbreak seems to be easing in Illinois.
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The University of Illinois says its faculty and staff will be forced to take four unpaid furlough days as part of a plan to trim $82 million from the university's operating budget.
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A downstate couple welcomed a new member to the family on the shoulder of an interstate.
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A multi-million dollar settlement was announced Tuesday for parents who lost money in a fund that was part of the Illinois Bright Start college savings program.
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The University of Illinois is considering employee buyouts as a way to cut costs.
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A new study that looks at traffic and road conditions nationwide is out.
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Southern Illinois University officials say there is now enough money to begin spring semester as scheduled.
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A new law aimed at reducing the number of distracted motorists on Illinois roads will ban texting while driving.
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Governor Pat Quinn outlined a plan Monday for creating and retaining jobs across Illinois.
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Illinois ranks third in the nation in foreclosures based on a report by Realty Trac. Nearly 20,000 filings were reported last month.
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Terror suspects held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba may be a big step closer to being transferred to northern Illinois.
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Illinois health officials say everyone can start getting swine flu vaccinations soon -- not just those in high-risk groups.
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The Obama administration indicates that terrorism suspects now held at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba will probably be moved to a prison in Illinois.
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A new law on the books in Illinois is designed to crack down on known gang members caught with loaded weapons.
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The Illinois Lottery unveiled a new game to mark World AIDS Day.
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An Illinois man was rescued at sea after his sailboat capsized in 20 foot waves off the Hawaiian coast.
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