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Cemetery panel hears from downstate Ill. officials

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Downstate cemetery officials are getting their turn in front of a task force that was set up after the desecration of a graveyard in the Chicago suburbs.

U. of Ill. faculty want say in new trustees

URBANA, Ill. — University of Illinois faculty are pressing Gov. Pat Quinn to consider their input when he hires new trustees to lead the university's three campuses.

Family sues school district over service dog

COLUMBIA, Ill. — The parents of an autistic child are suing a southwestern Illinois school district they say won't let the 5-year-old boy bring his certified service dog to school.

Quinn has words of encouragement for Obama

Gov. Pat Quinn is offering some words of encouragement to President Barack Obama, who's in the middle of a fight over health care reform.

Quinn signs reform of death-penalty defense fund

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois has a new law requiring more transparency in a state fund that helps cover legal expenses in death penalty cases.

Person struck, killed by Amtrak train

BRAIDWOOD, Ill. — A person is dead after being struck by an Amtrak train about 20 miles south of Joliet.

Bus ridership strong in Rockford

ROCKFORD, Ill. — More people have been riding buses in Rockford than ever.

Man charged in southwestern Ill. apartment killing

WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. — A southwestern Illinois man is jailed on $500,000 bond after being accused of gunning down a man outside a Washington Park apartment complex.

SIU-Edwardsville officer credited with fire rescue

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — A police officer at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville is being credited with helping save two residents from an apartment fire.

University of Ill. investigates five weekend fires

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Police from the University of Illinois and the city of Champaign are stepping up campus patrols after a series of weekend fires.
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