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Quintana dominates as White Sox beat Red Sox
Jose Quintana took a no-hitter into the seventh before David Ortiz broke it up with a one-out broken-bat single, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1 on Tuesday ...
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Danville OKs median on Vermilion after thorough discussion
Tweet Widget DANVILLE - Aldermen eagerly supported Tuesday night pledging tax dollars toward a new McDonald's restaurant and the relocation of a local company, Steel Grip, but debated long and passionately over whether to spend money on building a two-block median on North Vermilion Street in downtown Danville. Some alderman are not in favor of spending extra money in a North Vermilion ...
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Someone steals from Illinois church school and businesses
ALTAMONT, Ill. (KSDK) - A string of burglaries has a small town in Illinois on edge. Someone stole from a church, a school and three businesses in the town of Altamont. It looks like they hit the First United Methodist Church first on Friday, getting away with about $10,000 worth of hand bells. It's a town of only 2,000 and it's a church with a congregation of only 100. ...
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Former President Wants Illinois To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
Springfield - Former President Bill Clinton is getting in on the same-sex marriage debate in Illinois.He thinks it should be legalized.Clinton says Illinois should be the next in line to allow same-sex marriage. Delaware and Minnesota both legalized it recently. Lawmakers are working to get it passed, but the sponsor has been shy a few votes so it hasn't been called up for a vote. Clinton ...
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Bullpen spoils Garzas stellar 2013 debut
CHC@PIT: Garza knocks in a pair with an RBI double PITTSBURGH -- Before Tuesday's game, manager Dale Sveum was asked about the importance of having Matt Garza back in the rotation. "To have the ability to have guys who have no-hitter type stuff going out there is always a nice asset to have," Sveum said. Garza nearly lived up to the pre-game hype, but Travis Snider spoiled ...
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Chicago Communities Wary of Chicago School Closures
Tzia Ford, 9, at Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School, on the West Side of Chicago. It is one of 53 "underutilized" public schools set to be ...
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Old Town School Spared from Closure Reports
Manierre Elementary, at 1420 N. Hudson Ave., in the city's Old Town neighborhood, has been removed from the list of more than 50 schools district officials proposed closing, according to published ...
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Schaumburg Village Trustee Survives Okla. Tornado
A Schaumburg village trustee visiting relatives in Oklahoma got caught in Monday's massive tornado and may have a water heater to thank for saving his ...
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Illinois House panel OKs fracking measure
As the fracking regulatory bill sailed through committee Tuesday, both positive and negative opinions were on display at the Illinois State ...
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Mortgage settlement brings relief to 25K in Illinois
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan meet in February with homeowners who have been helped by the National Foreclosure ...
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Des Plaines Police Looking For Cop Impersonator
DES PLAINES, Ill. (CBS) — Police in the northwest suburbs tonight are searching for a man impersonating a police officer. Yesterday morning a female student at Maine East says the fake cop stopped her near River and Ballard roads, and that’s not ...
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Garza’s Return Not Enough As Cubs Fall To Pirates 5-4
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Travis Snider hit a pinch-hit grand slam during a five-run sixth and the Pittsburgh Pirates spoiled a strong return to the mound for Matt Garza with a 5-4 win over the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night. Garza allowed one hit over five shutout innings in his first outing in 10 months, but the Pirates pounced on a Chicago bullpen that is 10th in the National League in ERA by ...
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Memories Of Tornado Prompt Plainfield Man To Build Shelter
PLAINFIELD, Ill. (CBS) — Here in the Chicago area some tornado survivors have installed tornado shelters just in case. CBS 2′S Brad Edwards went inside a shelter in the southwest suburbs that’s given one resident peace of mind for a lifetime. It was the day that Duane Johnson moved in, the day in the annals of local storm stories: The Plainfield Tornado. "I came back ...
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Phil Jackson using Raptors as pawns to secure top job with Lakers MAY 21
Raptors thought they had a good thing going when NBA legend Phil Jackson was attached to their team, but it turns out they may have just been a pawn in Jackson's game to secure a top job with ...
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Champaign considers whether to keep ban on ex-felons as drivers for hire
Tweet Widget CHAMPAIGN -- At least one Champaign City Council member shares concerns with his counterparts in Urbana about a prohibition on recently convicted felons driving taxi cabs in either city. As the vehicle-for-hire business booms in both cities, the ordinance they share that regulates taxis, limousines and shuttles needed a rewrite. Both city councils approved those rewrites this week, ...
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Urbana board hears options on Leal crowding
Tweet Widget URBANA - The Urbana School Board again Tuesday discussed overcrowding at Leal Elementary after hearing some suggested short- and long-term solutions. Don Owen, the school district's assistant supterintendent of curriculum and instruction, presented the idea of capping Leal's enrollment next year by limiting class sizes to those allowed by its contract with teachers. When ...
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Arrests may solve Piatt burglaries
Tweet Widget MONTICELLO -- Piatt County sheriff's deputies hope they have solved a string of at least 13 rural burglaries over the past two years that occurred throughout the county. Three teenagers were arrested May 8 and the investigation continues, according to Deputy Sgt. J.D. Russell. Arrested were Nathan Darsham, 19, of Monticello and two 17-year-olds. Formal charges had not been ...
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Beckham practicing between second and short
Email CHICAGO -- Those following Gordon Beckham's rehab start with Triple-A Charlotte on Monday might have done a double take at the starting lineup. The second baseman, who's recovering from a fractured hamate bone, slid over to the left side of the infield and played shortstop for the Knights. On Tuesday, manager Robin Ventura debunked any rumors that Beckham could be making a ...
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Danks champing at bit to join White Sox rotation
Email CHICAGO -- There's still no word on whether starter John Danks will return to the rotation later this week. The 28-year-old met with manager Robin Ventura and general manager Rick Hahn before Monday night's game and tried to plead his case for a speedy return. Danks threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and said he felt no discomfort in his shoulder. "I'd throw tonight ...
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Sale scratched from start due to shoulder tendinitis
Email CHICAGO -- White Sox ace Chris Sale was scratched from his scheduled start in Wednesday's series finale against the Red Sox as a precautionary measure due to mild tendinitis in his left posterior shoulder. Left-hander Hector Santiago will pitch on three days' rest in Sale's place. Santiago lasted only 3 1/3 innings against the Angels on Saturday, surrendering three earned ...
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Big Hurt to represent Sox at Draft
Email CHICAGO -- Five-time All-Star and two-time American League MVP Frank Thomas will represent the White Sox at the First-Year Player Draft on June 6. Thomas will join two other MVPs, three World Series-winning managers and another 24 All-Stars as representatives for baseball's 30 teams. White Sox manager of youth baseball initiatives Kevin Coe will join Thomas in Secaucus, N.J., where ...
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Mayor Not Concerned About Political Fallout from CPS Closures
The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday is set to vote on a proposal to shutter more than 50 Chicago schools. It's a plan that's got many teachers, parents and their supporters in an uproar but one the mayor says needs to be done. Mary Ann Ahern ...
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Police Man Killed In Jump From Gold Coast Building
CHICAGO (STMW) — A man jumped to his death early Tuesday from the Gold Coast high-rise building where he lived, authorities said. Police responded about 1 a.m. to the 0 to 100 block of East Chestnut Street and found that a man had jumped from the 32nd Floor, police News Affairs Officer Joshua Purkiss ...
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Former Elgin Deputy Police Chief Charged With ID Theft
ST. CHARLES, Ill. (STMW) – Elgin's former deputy police chief was indicted Tuesday for illegally accessing emails and using police resources for personal research. A Kane County grand jury indicted Robert Beeter, 51, of Elgin, on 16 counts of felony identity theft and four counts of official misconduct, according to a statement from the Kane County State's Attorney's ...
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Boy 17 Fatally Shot In Back Of The Yards
CHICAGO (STMW) – A teenage boy was fatally shot in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday evening, police said. Police responded to the intersection of 43rd Street and Paulina Avenue about 5:20 p.m. and found the 17-year-old unresponsive, police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines ...
Illinois News Digest
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Illinois' pumpkin patches may be in trouble
Illinois is the pumpkin capital of the US, we grow more pumpkins than any other state and have around 25,000 acres of land taken up by growing pumpkins, which accounts for 95% of the countries supply, but the industry constantly faces a terrible blight that almost caused its total collapse in 1999.
The pumpkin industry in Illinois is the largest in the country, the state is the main pumpkin producer and processor in the United States and in 2007 the value of unprocessed pumpkins in the field in the state was around $22 million. A pumpkins value goes up significantly after processing and the entire industry is worth around $166 million. Read more
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