Central Illinois

Businesses Refuse To Host Gay Couple's Civil Union Ceremony

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: TimberCreek B&B, Homophobia Illinois, Central Illinois, Beall Manison, Homophobia, Discrimination, Todd Wathen, Civil Unions, Illinois Civil Unions, Chicago News

Last month, Governor Pat Quinn signed a historic bill into law legalizing civil unions for gay and lesbian couples, making Illinois one of about a doz...

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Man Tosses Dead Squirrel Into Hardee's Drive-Thru Window

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hardees, Christopher Thompson, Weird News, Central Illinois, Hardees Squirrel, Dead Squirrel Hardees, Chicago News

An Illinois man is facing disorderly conduct charges after he allegedly threw a dead squirrel into the drive-through window a Hardee's in central Illi...

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Economy Taking A Toll On Democratic Loyalty In Illinois, Beyond

AP | CHRISTOPHER WILLS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Decatur Democrats, Democratic Party, Third World America, Central Illinois, Economic Crisis, Economy, Illinois Democrats, Decatur, Chicago News

DECATUR, Ill. — Mike Riggen is out of work. Most of his friends are out of work, too. He's raising two children on his own and they have expensi...

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Sarah Palin Coming To Illinois: Palin To Speak Near Peoria In April

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dan Rutherford, Illinois Politics, Mark Kirk, Central Illinois, Sarah Palin, Illinois Republican Party, Sarah Palin Illinois, Pat Brady, Chicago News

Sarah Palin's rhetoric is still popular in some parts of the country, but whether her Illinois visit in April will help the state's Republican party r...

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