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Could Late-Night Liquor Sale Cut-Offs Be On The Way?

Posted 03.12.2012

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U.S. Senator Dick Durbin's response to recent violence in East St. Louis could spell trouble for late-night partiers in the southwest Illinois region,...

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FBI: Foiled Electrocution Plot Was To Be Blamed On Wealthy Man's Cat

AP | By JIM SUHR | Posted 01.27.2012

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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. -- Federal investigators helped by a conscientious paroled killer say they foiled a plot to abduct, extort and electrocute a weal...

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Illinois Mom Kills Her Kids With Shotgun, Hits Three Pedestrians With Car: Cops

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 11.01.2011

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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — An Illinois woman suspected in the shotgun deaths of her two youngest children was arrested in Missouri after allegedly h...

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Different Fates For Two Illinois Charity Hospitals

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 07.11.2011

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JOLIET, Ill. — Two charity hospitals in Illinois face drastically different fates after a state board on Tuesday approved the closure of the onl...

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Hospitals Caring For Poor On The Brink Of Closure

AP | By CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 07.09.2011

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CHICAGO -- Two charity hospitals in Illinois are facing a life-or-death decision. There's not much left of either of them – one in Chicago's sou...

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Man Accused Of Threatening President Obama, Local Muslims With Fake Bomb Deemed Fit For Trial

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 05.25.2011

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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — An explosives-trained Army veteran accused of strapping a fake bomb to his body during a threat-filled day that ended wit...

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Lawsuit Over Illinois Deputy's Alleged Stun Gun Abuse Of Children Settled For $750,000

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 05.25.2011

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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A federal lawsuit that accused a southern Illinois sheriff's deputy of zapping three children with a stun gun at an emerg...

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Amy Rush, Ex-Wife Of Army Veteran Who Faked Paralysis To Avoid Deployment, Sentenced For Role In Scam

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — The former wife of an Army veteran who bilked the U.S. government by faking paralysis to get disability benefits and avoi...

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Washington Park Mayor John Thornton Killed: Shot To Death In His Car

Posted 05.25.2011

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John Thornton, mayor of a troubled Illinois village outside of East St. Louis, was shot and killed in his car early Thursday morning. According to lo...

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Sheriff's Deputy Used Stun Gun On 3 Children: Lawsuit

AP | JIM SUHR | Posted 05.25.2011

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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A sheriff's deputy zapped three children with a stun gun at an Illinois emergency youth shelter, threatening to sodomize ...

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Two Suburbs Top U.S. Jobless Ranks

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two southern suburbs and a Downstate community are among the top 10 small-and-medium-sized U.S. cities with the highest unemployment rates. South sub...

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