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Updated: Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:55 PM
Rhode Island is set to become the 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry following a key vote in the state's General Assembly this week. Gay marriage supporters are shifting their focus to other states, including Delaware, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon and Illinois.
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Updated: Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:52 PM
A former assistant police chief in southwestern Illinois faces up five years in federal prison for lying to investigators about selling a gun to a registered sex offender.
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Updated: Thu Apr 25, 2013 2:19 PM
Supporters of gambling expansion are refining legislation to improve its chances, but the Illinois Gaming Board chairman still has major concerns.
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Updated: Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:13 AM
A group opposing legalized medical marijuana says there are dangers in allowing patients access to the drug.
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Updated: Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:15 AM
Illinois' 102 county recorders will split $3.3 million from the settlement of a national mortgage lawsuit.
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Updated: Wed Apr 24, 2013 10:43 PM
After a badly decomposed body is recovered near Paducah, investigators get to work trying to determine who the woman was and where she came from.
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Updated: Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:53 PM
It's a group effort to help out businesses' bottom lines. Ten southern Illinois chambers of commerce announced Wednesday they will combine to negotiate lower electric rates for their members.
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Updated: Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:02 PM
Police have identified the suspect in the killings of five rural Illinois people as 43-year-old Rick Smith of rural Morgan County.
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Updated: Wed Apr 24, 2013 5:17 PM
One of the largest youth organizations in America could soon change its rules in a very big way and the group likely has a chapter in your neighborhood.
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Updated: Wed Apr 24, 2013 5:31 PM
The flooding continues, and the village of Thebes, Illinois is right in the thick of things, but the people who live there are used to the rising waters and have grown accustomed to taking yearly precautions.
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Updated: Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:38 PM
For the third time in as many months, the death of a Menard prison inmate has resulted in a murder charge.
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Updated: Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:25 PM
A Paducah man faces drug charges in Massac County, Illinois after investigators say he was selling drugs via text message.
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Updated: Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:08 PM
The Massac County Fire Department was called to the scene of a house fire on Forest Circle overnight.
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Updated: Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:46 PM
A close race in one Illinois county was determined Tuesday with a simple card draw. Dennis Poshard and Sandra Hardy each had 277 votes for the final spot on the Giant City School Noard, so according to The Southern, the two drew a card from a standard deck.
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Updated: Tue Apr 23, 2013 6:59 PM
The Senate's second-ranking Democrat is pressing the Obama administration to explicitly spell out its justification for using drones for targeted killings. Sen. Dick Durbin made the comments on Tuesday at the start of a Senate hearing on the use of drones.
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Updated: Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:42 PM
The city of Marion thinks the spring storm season is the perfect time to do some updating on their current tornado siren system.
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Updated: Tue Apr 23, 2013 5:12 PM
The leader of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus says the fate of a measure that would authorize same-sex couples to marry in Illinois may rest with 20 black legislators in the Illinois House.
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Updated: Tue Apr 23, 2013 3:48 PM
After a close mayoral election in a southern Illinois town, officials conducted a re-canvass. Election officials in Herrin tell Local 6, the vote totals stayed the same.
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Updated: Tue Apr 23, 2013 1:33 PM
Gov. Pat Quinn has reiterated his support for a concealed carry law that gives local communities the option to impose their own restrictions.
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Updated: Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:52 PM
Gov. Pat Quinn says Texas Gov. Rick Perry's visit to try to entice businesses away from Illinois is merely "an escapade" and Illinois can compete with any state.
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