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June 7, 2013 - 3:16 p.m.•By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former Chicago White Sox scout to a year and a day in prison for scheming to collect kickbacks from Latin American players the team had signed.
June 7, 2013 - 2:30 p.m.•By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. LOUIS – A state's attorney who has decided to stop prosecuting Illinois' last-in-the-nation ban on having guns in public said Friday a federal court's scrapping of the prohibition empowers him to let citizens go ahead and carry concealed weapons.
June 7, 2013 - 12:40 p.m.•By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A 140-year-old Illinois prison housing the state's toughest criminals could one day be home to a modern and ecologically friendly power-generator.
June 7, 2013 - 12:26 p.m.•By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO (AP) — Two Chicago men are facing charges after Cook County deputies found 44 pounds of marijuana during an eviction this week on the city's South Side.
June 7, 2013 - 9:19 a.m.•By AP
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A southwestern Illinois woman has been sentenced to five years of probation after authorities say she fraudulently received more than $26,000 in unemployment benefits that she'll now have to repay.
June 7, 2013 - 7:38 a.m.•By The Associated Press
June 7, 2013 - 7:37 a.m.•By The Associated Press
June 7, 2013 - 7:35 a.m.•By The Associated Press
June 7, 2013 - 5:30 a.m.•By TAMMY WEBBER - The Associated Press
CHICAGO – Ameren Corp. cannot transfer a waiver from pollution controls at five coal-fired power plants when it sells the plants to Dynegy Inc., the Illinois Pollution Control Board said Thursday.
June 6, 2013 - 4:09 p.m.•By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge says a reputed Chicago gang member accused in the shooting death of a 6-month-old girl must remain behind bars as he awaits trial on a first-degree murder charge.
June 6, 2013 - 3:08 p.m.•By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO (AP) — Republican legislative leaders are split on whether it was a right move for Gov. Pat Quinn to call a special session on pensions.
June 6, 2013 - 1:03 p.m.•By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SPRINGFIELD – Whammed by Illinois' second credit-rating downgrade this week because of the pension debacle, Gov. Pat Quinn moved swiftly Thursday to call lawmakers into a special session "to finish their job" after adjourning the spring session last week without a resolution.
June 6, 2013 - 12:07 p.m.•By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO – Former Chicago Sun-Times photographers and supporters are protesting the newspaper's decision to lay off its entire full-time photography staff.
June 6, 2013 - 11:26 a.m.•By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) — An Eastern Illinois church has a new temporary home after a fire likely caused by a lightning strike destroyed its sanctuary.
June 6, 2013 - 7:49 a.m.•By The Associated Press
