Illinois
Illinois unemployment hits 11 percent
CHICAGO | Illinois' unemployment rate continued to climb last month, rising to its highest level in more than a quarter century, officials reported Thursday.
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D.158 puts in for state library grant
LANSING | Lansing School District 158 school officials want to make improvements in school libraries if the secretary of state signs off on the district's school library grant application.
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Take in the beauty of Sandhill cranes
Are you a bird watcher? How about a big bird watcher? Sandhill cranes are one of the most primitive birds still alive today. With a wingspan of 5 feet to 7 feet and weighing 7 to 11 pounds, this bird cuts a striking image while soaring high during its annual migration.
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Lawyer: Most patients don't know rights
CHICAGO | Mentally ill residents of Illinois nursing homes often don't know their rights and some are confined against their will, a lawyer with 35 years' experience in mental health law told a state task force Thursday.
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Glitch fixed, but delays could persist
CHICAGO | Authorities say operations have returned to normal at Chicago's airports after an FAA computer glitch.
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Illinois community news briefs
Find out all the events going on in your community, and plan your week’s activities with The Times.
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Burr Oak Cemetery reopens
ALSIP | People are again being allowed to visit the graves of loved ones at a suburban Chicago cemetery that was closed after employees were accused of digging up bodies to resell burial plots.
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Lansing to consider day care
LANSING | Erica Walker has operated a day care center out of her Calumet City home for the past two years. Now, she wants to operate a larger-scale facility in Lansing, one that could handle potentially up to 100 children, some with special needs.
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Winfrey to announce Friday show will end in 2011
CHICAGO | Oprah Winfrey's production company says Winfrey will announce Friday that her talk show will end in 2011 after its 25th season on the air.
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Man shot dead in Harvey
A 28-year-old Harvey man was shot dead there early Thursday morning.
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Steger man killed in salon holdup
STEGER | Hours after investigators took down the crime scene tape Wednesday, two neon "open" signs remained lit in the windows of the small, empty hair salon where two robbers killed one of the owner's sons the night before.
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Glenwood hikes fine for sticker scofflaws
GLENWOOD | Residents who do not purchase vehicle stickers will now pay 10 times the amount of the $25 fine previously charged.
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Airport to keep engineers, but lose aviation center
LANSING | The Village Board approved the rehiring of an engineering firm to work with Lansing Municipal Airport on future projects but learned a contract approved earlier this year to create an aviation center will not become a reality.
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Lansing awards lift repair contracts
LANSING | The Village Board voted 5-0 Tuesday to approve two contracts with a South Chicago Heights company to handle the repair work at a pair of lift stations within the south suburb.
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Lansing creates new TIF district
LANSING | The Village Board gave its approval to three measures creating a new tax increment finance district to be located in the northeastern part of the south suburb.
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Of, By and For ... We the People
My eighth-grade class went to Indiana University Northwest last Friday. No, they didn't bypass high school and go straight to college. I'm good, but not that good.
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Lansing applauds its volunteers
LANSING | The village celebrated its volunteers with a special evening of thanks on Nov. 13 at the Serbian Hall,
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Learn the legend of St. Nick
Two new programs at St. Paul Episcopal Church in Munster and the Lansing Public Library will help answer little ones' questions about the origin of Santa Claus.
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Lynwood teen named TF South student of the month
Imari Henry, 16, earned high honors from Rotary Club of Lansing.
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Gunshot residue found on schools chief's hand
CHICAGO | Chicago police said Wednesday that tests have revealed gunshot residue on the hand of Michael Scott -- the strongest evidence yet that the president of the city's School Board took his own life.
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Quinn, Hynes trade barbs during debates
CHICAGO | Gov. Pat Quinn and Comptroller Dan Hynes disagreed over the best way to raise the state income tax but agreed on their support for a government-run health insurance program during two debates Wednesday between the rival Democratic candidates for governor.
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Madigan sues South Holland car dealer
SOUTH HOLLAND | Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against a South Holland auto dealer accused of failing to pay off nearly $120,000 in loans on trade-in vehicles and failing to pay refunds to consumers who returned newly purchased vehicles after financing could not…
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Police won't rule out homicide in school official's death
CHICAGO | Chicago police are not ruling out homicide in the death of the city's School Board president even though the medical examiner's office has called it a suicide.
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Thornton debates budget cuts
THORNTON | Trustees continued to struggle this week with a 2010 village property tax levy, as they face a revenue shortfall of more than $300,000.
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Grant money comes to Chicago Heights, D.170
CHICAGO HEIGHTS | The city will see a $1.6 million infusion for land acquisition and home development.
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Cops bust suspected drug house
CALUMET CITY | A Calumet City man is facing a string of drug and weapons charges after police searched his home Monday.
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Lansing teen taking leadership skills to the Navy
The Rotary Club of Lansing recognized Eric Allen, 17, as a future leader of the community by naming him a Student of the Month.
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Credit card number goes for a joyride
I love to use my credit card and up until last week, it has never done me wrong.
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Moving Gitmo detainees: Claims vs. facts
CHICAGO | As the Obama administration considers a plan to move Guantanamo Bay detainees to prisons on U.S. soil, including possible sites in Illinois and Michigan, proponents and critics are spinning the facts.
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Calumet City crime watch group to talk about robberies in area
CALUMET CITY | The EDGE Neighborhood Organization Against Crime will hold a meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Price's Southern Soul Food and Elegant Lounge, 121 State St., Calumet City. The topic will be a recent spate of robberies in the area. The public is invited to attend. for more inf…
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