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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois is to receive about $1.8 million in federal money to increase Internet access.

An Illinois scholarship program is providing 140 nursing students with money for tuition and expenses in programs throughout the state.

The Cook County Sheriff's Department says it is set to make hundreds of hires in coming months.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Swine flu is continuing to relent in Illinois where officials are reporting one new death from the virus.

Christmas week turned out to be a deadly one in the Bronzeville community as two women were killed in separate incidents.

Caption: On Thursday U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis, D-7th, announced he is endorsing Clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court Dorothy Brown for Cook County Board president at his West Side congressional office.Credit: Photo courtesy of Toure Muhammed

An anti-violence activist said the police’s increased frequency of issuing missing persons alerts is not enough to help bring missing children home. The media, schools and churches must also take an active role.

The drawing of a little girl’s face was tossed in the garbage a few times before it became immortalized by a South Side mother.

Rather than send them to prison, veterans charged with non-violent felonies in Cook County, such as drug possession or theft, have an opportunity to receive probation if they choose to appear in Veterans Court.

The U.S. Census Bureau kicked off a national schools campaign Dec. 10 at King College Preparatory High School on the South Side to get more students involved in the upcoming census.