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Updated: Thu May 2, 2013 5:26 PM
In the wake of tragedies like the Boston Marathon bombing and the explosion in West, Texas, people are searching for comfort, and that made Thursday's National Day of Prayer all the more meaningful.
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Updated: Thu May 2, 2013 4:03 PM
Gov. Pat Quinn says Illinois House lawmakers have taken the "biggest step to date" toward restoring the state's financial stability.
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Updated: Thu May 2, 2013 2:52 PM
State Sen. Matt Murphy is absent from legislative proceedings a day after he was injured in the annual lawmaker softball game in Springfield.
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Updated: Thu May 2, 2013 8:06 AM
Illinois State Police are investigating the death of a bicyclist who was killed when a pickup truck hit him from behind.
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Updated: Thu May 2, 2013 9:43 AM
The KY 56/Illinois Route 13 Ohio River Bridge at Shawneetown has been re-opened after a safety check. It was closed early this morning due to a barge hit.
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Updated: Wed May 1, 2013 10:51 PM
Schools all across our four state region are cutting funding, trying to make ends meet, and that forces school leaders to make tough choices about which programs go and which ones stay.
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Updated: Wed May 1, 2013 9:31 PM
A statewide ban on the use of hand-held cell phones while driving is one step closer in Illinois. A senate committee voted 12-to-3 to recommend its passage.
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Updated: Wed May 1, 2013 9:20 PM
Illinois officials say they've received applications from six insurance carriers that want to sell 165 health policies on the online insurance marketplace that's a cornerstone of the nation's new health care law.
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Updated: Wed May 1, 2013 9:12 PM
A serious wreck claimed the life of a Galatia, Illinois man Wednesday. It happened just before 1:00 in the afternoon in Saline County, Illinois.
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Updated: Wed May 1, 2013 8:20 PM
State Sen. Matt Murphy has been injured in the annual softball game between the Illinois House and Senate.
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Updated: Wed May 1, 2013 7:28 PM
The Illinois Senate has approved a measure that would protect consumers who buy a dog or cat at a pet store and then find out that the animal is seriously ill.
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Updated: Wed May 1, 2013 7:16 PM
Illinois Department of Transportation Secretary Ann Schneider is against raising the speed limit to 70 mph on the state's interstates and tollways.
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Updated: Wed May 1, 2013 5:58 PM
Thursday marks two years since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intentionally breached the Birds Point Levee in Mississippi County, Missouri to relieve pressure on the flood wall surrounding Cairo, Illinois.
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Updated: Wed May 1, 2013 3:51 PM
The Illinois Senate has approved a refined gambling expansion plan adding five new casinos including one in Chicago. Senators voted 32-20 Wednesday, shortly after a key committee approved it.
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Updated: Wed May 1, 2013 3:48 PM
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton says he's negotiated a "credible and constitutional" pension-reform plan.
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Updated: Wed May 1, 2013 1:35 PM
A new state report that Illinois coal once shunned for its high sulfur content is enjoying record demand overseas.
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Updated: Wed May 1, 2013 10:11 AM
The FBI is asking for help in solving a series of bomb threats to SIU Carbondale last fall.
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Updated: Wed May 1, 2013 9:41 AM
An Illinois House committee is endorsing a plan by Speaker Michael Madigan to tackle a Goliath-sized public-employee pension deficit.
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Updated: Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:12 PM
There are 8,000 gauges in rivers and streams all over the nation constantly monitoring water levels, flow, temperatures, and lots of other information. It's one of the ways the NWS predicts when to send out flood warnings, but the sequester is shutting down hundreds of gauges.
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Updated: Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:16 PM
New information concerning furloughs for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Weather Service employees.
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