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The State Journal-Register
December 4, 2017
Hand of Fate Brewing Co. in Petersburg, which Mike Allison opened last year with his wife Brie, was the winner of an Illinois State Fair contest to develop a recipe for the official Bicentennial Beer. On Sunday, after an introduction from an Abraham Lincoln impersonator, the official design of the Bicentennial ...
Chicago Sun-Times
December 2, 2017
Amphibian: b.) Eastern tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum). Chosen by a vote of students and the public via the Internet, effective 2005. At a length of as much as 33 centimeters, the black-with-yellow-spots creature is the biggest Illinois salamander. Animal: a.) white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).
Insurance Journal
December 1, 2017
A third person has contracted Legionnaires' disease at a western Illinois veterans home where two other cases were identified last month, state officials said. The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs and Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday reported the latest case at the Illinois Veterans Home ...
Food & Wine
December 1, 2017
Almost every state has a long list of “official” things: flag, motto, nickname, song, flower, bird – you name it. Utah has an “official state snack,” which, oddly enough, is Jell-O. Texas has an “official state cooking implement,” which, somewhat humorously, is the Dutch oven. But now, Illinois is going to get an ...
Chicago Tribune
November 14, 2017
School District 202 officials: Evanston high school SAT scores 'baseline' ... according to information from the Illinois State Board of Education ...
MyWebTimes.com
November 14, 2017
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — School officials across Illinois are reporting more difficulty in finding qualified teachers and applicants to fill teaching ...
U.S. News & World Report
November 14, 2017
Fire officials said Tuesday's fire started in a cooling tower on the roof of factory near ... Authorities say the fire started around 1:45 p.m. and was ...
Kankakee Daily Journal
November 14, 2017
CHICAGO — A high-profile U.S. Department of Justice official is scheduled to deliver remarks this week in Chicago, where he'll address gun ...
Belleville News-Democrat
November 13, 2017
City officials plan to flush the water system to reduce the brown water. ... City officials have contacted the Illinois EPA and are following the ...
Chicago Tribune
November 13, 2017
Illinois requested the assistance for individuals because FEMA has a ... Illinois officials never requested flood aid for local governments this ...
KMOV.com
November 7, 2017
Illinois officials investigated Jerseyville family in 2016 ... Authorities in Jersey County now say the six-year-old apparently died from starvation.
WLS
October 29, 2017
Bruce Rauner and University of Illinois President Timothy Killeen are leaving for a trade and research mission to Israel today. Rauner made the ...
U.S. News & World Report
December 31, 1999
3 Housing Authorities in Illinois to Share $700,000. Housing authority groups in Illinois are getting more than $700,000 to expand affordable housing options for low-income families, the elderly and people living with disabilities. Nov. 29, 2017, at 5:58 a.m.. 3 Housing Authorities in Illinois to Share $700,000Â ...
FOX Illinois
December 31, 1999
Governor Bruce Rauner, Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti, and the Illinois State Police Director applauded new screening practices Tuesday in Chicago implemented by U.S. Customs. Last year, customs officials seized 82 Fentanyl shipments at the Chicago international mailing facility. Fentanyl is a ...
NBC Chicago
December 31, 1999
The official beer of Illinois will be unveiled at the bicentennial kickoff at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. The Chicago Tribune reports the beer is made by Hand of Fate Brewing in Petersburg. It'll be formally announced at the bicentennial kick off on Dec. 3. Hand of Fate ...
Chicago Tribune
December 31, 1999
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, and Senate President John ... Do Illinois' elected officials notice how poorly this state compares to its ...
U.S. News & World Report
September 15, 2017
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Illinois State University officials say a $33 million renovation project will create a more welcoming atmosphere for theÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
September 15, 2017
Poverty fell, income rose last year in Illinois, Chicago ... Many more people not below the official poverty line — which is about $12,200 for aÃÂ ...
Galesburg Register-Mail
September 15, 2017
CHICAGO — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office has issued a handbook for law enforcement following a new state law limitingÃÂ ...
WGN-TV
September 14, 2017
CHICAGO — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office has issued a handbook for law enforcement following a new state law limitingÃÂ ...
WAND
September 7, 2017
SPRINGFIELD, Ill (WAND)- Opioid overdoses have taken the lives of nearly 11,000 Illinois residents since 2008. Illinois officials are now tryingÃÂ ...
Catholic Culture
September 7, 2017
CWN Editor's Note: Daniel McCormack, who was first ordained and later retained in ministry despite evidence of sexual misconduct, hasÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
September 7, 2017
Did I understand correctly that Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pressing for state legislation to give young people protected under theÃÂ ...
WGN-TV
September 6, 2017
CHICAGO -- The state of Illinois is making a decisive plan to fight drug addiction. Doctors say they know it and law enforcement knows, nowÃÂ ...
CatholicPhilly.com
September 6, 2017
PEORIA, Ill. (CNS) — Catholic officials in Illinois are applauding state education funding reforms that include a scholarship tax credit programÃÂ ...
Business Insider
August 29, 2017
CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago changed course Tuesday and said it now wants to carry out far-reaching reforms of its police under strictÃÂ ...
Chicago Daily Herald
August 29, 2017
An Illinois agency says it's prepared to mobilize manpower and equipment to ... So far, though, officials at the Illinois Emergency ManagementÃÂ ...
The News Tribune
August 29, 2017
Illinois Transportation officials say faster and more reliable locomotives combined with improved signals and tracks will cut the time it takes anÃÂ ...
U.S. News & World Report
August 29, 2017
Officials in Rockford want the city council to approve more than $200,000 in bids to ... Code Enforcement official Thaddeus Mack says about 70ÃÂ ...
PBS NewsHour
August 29, 2017
Illinois governor signs law limiting police cooperation with federal immigration officials ... But local authorities will be able to communicate with immigration agents and hold someone for immigration authorities if there's a validÃÂ ...
MyWebTimes.com
August 28, 2017
CHICAGO (AP) — Rauner has vetoed a plan pushed by Illinois Attorney General ... Popcorn was designated as Illinois' official snack in 2003.
U.S. News & World Report
August 27, 2017
Governor OKs Illinois' Official Pet, Exercise and Wildflower ... Bruce Rauner has approved measures designating Illinois' official exercise,ÃÂ ...
The Southern
August 26, 2017
Bruce Rauner has vetoed a plan pushed by Illinois Attorney General Lisa ... Rauner approved measures designating Illinois' official exercise,ÃÂ ...
WGN-TV
August 18, 2017
CHICAGO — Illinois officials say residents should beware of fraudsters seeking to profit from the buzz surrounding Monday's solar eclipse.
Daily Egyptian
August 17, 2017
If you've decided to visit the southern Illinois town, be prepared to work through ... will be strictly enforced, according to Carbondale city officials.
Chicago Tribune
August 13, 2017
The Illinois Senate could vote to override his amendatory veto of the bill .... Education officials pulled an initial study citing a "significant error.".
U.S. News & World Report
August 13, 2017
Officials at an Illinois state park say they're seeing a rise in emergency ... OGLESBY, Ill. (AP) — Officials at Illinois' Starved Rock State Park sayÃÂ ...
AOL
August 13, 2017
Lottery officials announced early Saturday that at least one winning ticket has been sold after the $393 million Mega Millions jackpot drawingÃÂ ...
NBC Chicago
August 13, 2017
Illinois Officials React to Violence at White Nationalist Rally in Virginia ... A unnamed White House official clarified to NBC News what theÃÂ ...
NBC Chicago (blog)
August 12, 2017
Illinois Officials React to Violence at White Nationalist Rally in Virginia .... A unnamed White House official clarified to NBC News what theÃÂ ...
The State Journal-Register
August 12, 2017
The “Freak Out” is similar to a ride that was involved in a fatal accident at the Ohio State Fair last month, but McCauley said the extra precautions Illinois officialsÃÂ ...
ABC News
August 12, 2017
Following Friday night's Mega Millions draw for a $393 million jackpot, the lottery announced shortly afterwards that a single winning ticket wasÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
August 11, 2017
Indiana and Illinois law enforcement leaders held a press ... Indiana led to a police-involved fatal shooting, authorities said Thursday morning.
Time Out Chicago (blog)
August 10, 2017
In the tradition of Casimir Pulaski Day, Illinois now has another holiday that no other state will be observing (yet). Last week, Governor BruceÃÂ ...
Chicago Defender
July 26, 2017
Three of Illinois' most powerful women recounted their experiences visiting Israel as part of the 2017 Influential Women's Delegation TripÃÂ ...
WGN-TV
December 31, 1999
CARBONDALE, Ill. — Tourism officials in southern Illinois say about 200,000 people traveled to the 16-county region to watch the total solarÃÂ ...
Fox 59
March 18, 2017
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - New identification cards in Illinois aim to ease interactions between police and people with disabilities.
Belleville News-Democrat
March 18, 2017
... from the water and her body being found hours later. The crash and fire were in Southern Illinois near St. Louis MO. Madison County, IL, Sheriff John Lakin conducted the press conference regarding both incidents, which authorities say appear to be ...
WSIL TV
March 18, 2017
LOUIS (AP) - A man found dead inside a burned home in southern Illinois had been shot in the head, and a gun was found in his ex-wife's SUV after she drove into a nearby lake and died shortly after the fire was reported, authorities said Friday. The ...
Patch.com
March 17, 2017
The two Blackhawks visited kids playing in alleys, driveways and basements, and declared their "rinks" official practice rinks of the Chicago Blackhawks.
