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Illinois' Governor has posthumously pardoned three men for their work with the Underground Railroad. The men all lived in west central Illinois and were…
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Days after a 17-year-old girl accused of leaving her newborn baby alive in a trash bin was arrested for child abandonment, prosecutors in the west-central…
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved permits for the FutureGen coal project to store carbon dioxide underground.The permits approved Tuesday…
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The U.S. Department of Energy has given the long-running FutureGen clean-coal project one of the final OKs it needs to start building. The Energy…
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A search by federal agents of a cabin owned by an Illinois judge turned up drugs, guns and ammunition. The search of former Judge Mike Cook's Pike County…
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Passavant Area Hospital in Jacksonville could soon be affiliated with Memorial Health System, which already oversees hospitals in Springfield, Taylorville…
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A priest who formerly served at a Jacksonville church is under investigation for sexual misconduct. The Springfield Diocese issued a statement saying the…
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D.L. Dennis set out to write a book about a century old chapter in his family's history as well as the history of one west central Illinois town. The…
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On Thursday morning, a unique barn near Carrollton will begin a trip to a new location where it will be preserved for decades to come. The plan to move…
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Crews have finished demolishing an historic hotel in Quincy that was gutted by fire. Demolition of the Newcomb Hotel has ended and The Quincy Herald-Whig…