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Associated Press Commuters walk as a snow storm arrives Tuesday in downtown Chicago. Chicago was hit by a storm expected to dump as much as 10 inches of snow in the area before the end of the day, the most since the 2011 blizzard and its more than 20 inches of snow.
Storm barrels from Midwest to Atlantic
CHICAGO — A late winter storm packing up to 10 inches of snow sent officials in weather-hardened Chicago into action Tuesday to prevent a repeat of scenes from two years ago, when hundreds of peopl...
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Associated Press Michael Madigan, Illinois Speaker of the House, D-Chicago, listens to lawmakers argue about budget legislation on the House floor Tuesday at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield.
Quinn: Deal saves $900 million
BY JOHN O’CONNOR and SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A recent contract agreement with the state’s largest union will save Illinois nearly $900 million in health care co...
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February reported colder than average
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The average temperature for February in Illinois was slightly colder than average, after three months of above average temperatures. That’s why Illinois State Climatologist Jim...
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Alpacas make big impression on host town
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. — Alpacas packed the Sevierville Convention Center on Saturday for the annual Southeastern Alpaca Association’s Southern Select Alpaca Show. There were over 600 animals, and it s...
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Suit alleges teacher duct taped student
CHICAGO — A suburban Chicago school board member filed a lawsuit accusing a teacher in her district of duct taping her 11-year-old son’s face after telling him to stop talking in class. The laws...
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Geography of SIU board subject of legislation
CARBONDALE, Ill. — An Illinois lawmaker is pushing a measure that would ensure a stricter geographic makeup of Southern Illinois University’s board of trustees. WSIU Radio reported that Sen. Bil...
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Couple pleads guilty to animal cruelty
TAZEWELL, Tenn. — A Kentucky couple has pleaded guilty to one count each of animal cruelty after being charged in Tennessee. Charlie Gregory and Taniciah Little had been charged with 134 cruelty...
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Tornado survivor remains positive, recovers strength
SELLERSBURG, Ind. — A southern Indiana woman who lost parts of both her legs last year when a deadly tornado destroyed her home said she is working to regain physical and mental strength and that m...
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St. Camillus students deliver
CORBIN — Nobody told Emma Reeves to do it, but when she heard last month that her school would close in May, the 3rd grader took action. So did her classmate, Spencer Hays. And in another classr...
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Inmate gets more time for punching guard
BENTON, Ill. — An inmate serving a 20-year federal prison term in southern Illinois for drug dealing will have to serve an additional three and a half years behind bars for slugging a correctional ...
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