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Fairview Heights police sergeant cleared of DUI
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a drunken-driving charge against a southwestern Illinois police sergeant a day before his trial was to begin.
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Lawyers for ex-governor before appeals court
CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys for imprisoned former Illinois Gov. George Ryan are going before the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to contest his conviction on several corruption charges.
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Honeywell to lay off 228 workers
METROPOLIS, Ill. (AP) — Honeywell plans to lay off nearly 230 workers at its southern Illinois plant as it undertakes upgrades ordered by regulators to make the site able to withstand an earthquake or tornado.
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Mattoon woman sentenced in sex abuse case
CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — A prosecutor in east-central Illinois says he agreed to reduce the charge against a Mattoon woman accused of sexually abusing a girl because it was a "one-time incident."
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Body found of Villa Ridge man
WICKLIFFE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky authorities have identified a body found in the Ohio River as that of a southern Illinois man.
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Heat blamed in East St. Louis man's death
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in East St. Louis say Illinois' recent heat wave is to blame in the death of a 62-year-old homeless man whose body was found in a vacant building.
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Woman gets 10 years in abductions
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois woman has been sentenced to a decade in prison in the abductions of four children.
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Medically fragile children win delay on cuts
CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney for parents of medically fragile children says Illinois will delay a cut to a program that pays for the children's in-home nursing care for another 90 days.
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Illinois among few states passing anti-cramming laws
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois has become one of the few states in the country to ban a telephone scam known as "cramming."
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Flight attendant helps land plane in Chicago
Officials say a flight attendant who has a pilot’s license helped land a plane at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport when a co-pilot became ill.
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Fairview Heights police sergeant cleared of DUI