April layoffs fall in Missouri, rise in Illinois (BizJournals)

Mass layoffs decreased in Missouri and increased in Illinois in April, while initial claims for unemployment insurance rose in Missouri and fell in Illinois, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said.
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Jurors award widow of pilot $2.1 million in Little Rock crash (Belleville News-Democrat)

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A federal court jury on Thursday ordered the Little Rock National Airport to pay $2.1 million to the widow of an Illinois airplane pilot who was killed when his American Airlines jet crashed during a severe thunderstorm six years ago.
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Nebraska, Creighton to have home crowds at NCAA Regional (Myrtle Beach Online)

LINCOLN, Neb. - It's hard enough to deal with one home crowd. The North Carolina State and Illinois-Chicago baseball teams basically will have two facing them at the Lincoln Regional of the NCAA Tournament this weekend.
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Brookmeadows subsidy extended by state (Pekin Times)

PEKIN -- Brookmeadows Apartments will remain subsidized housing for another 12 years until 2017 thanks to refinancing announced by the state of Illinois.
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Body of black lynching victim exhumed in Illinois (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

The FBI on Wednesday exhumed the body of a black teenager killed in a Mississippi lynching 50 years ago, hoping to shed light on an unsolved crime that symbolized the raw history of race relations in America.
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Missionary doctor Marilyn Scudder dies (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Services will be held in Illinois for Dr. Marilyn Scudder, the 102nd missionary in her family, who died May 16 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She was 66.
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AC Plant Coming to ISU (WHOI)

Illinois State University will be a little bit cooler in the future. The university is planning to build an air conditioning plant on the University Plaza site.
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'Anonymous' view of Lakeside Festival strikes a nerve (Herald & Review)

On the Herald & Review Web site forum, there's a comment about the Lakeside Music and Arts Festival that defines a segment of the population in Central Illinois that's always driven me nutty.
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Busy construction season helps trim unemployment rate (Tri-State Media)

Unemployment in Wabash County has dropped slightly, according to figures released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Unemployment in Wabash County in March was at 5.5 percent. In April, it fell to 5.3 percent.
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Charges likely to be filed Monday against Moline man (Quad-City Times)

Illinois law enforcement officials are taking their time in filing charges against a Moline man accused of smashing into squad cars and running a Moline motorcycle officer off the road during a car chase Tuesday.
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Midwest Community Development Institute Opens August 8-12 in Springfield, Illinois (Planetizen)

Community and economic development training opportunity in Springfield, Illinois from August 8-12 through the Midwest Community Development Institute.
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Boca High Key Club rallies peers, expands small-town Illinois library (Boca Raton News)

While visiting his grandparents in Illinois, Mitchell Froelich wasn’t able to finish his summer reading list.
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LOCAL NEWS from (Northwestern)

Dr. Ronald Melvin Schmitz, 63, of Oshkosh, died May 29 of injuries sustained when struck by an oncoming car while riding his motorcycle in Illinois. Dr. Schmitz was born July 20, 1941, to Melvin and Naomi Schmitz in Mendota, Ill.
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The clock's on Illinois track (Northwest Indiana Times)

Thornwood probably won't come close to five-peating as the boys Class AA track champion this weekend in Charleston, but coach Gary Haupert said he is not upset about it.
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It can rob you of your sight as you grow older - ARMD: What you put into your body can help protect your eyes from this (Southern Illinoisan)

ARMD (Age Related Macular Degeneration) is a term with which many in southern Illinois are becoming all too familiar.
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Sports (Terre Haute Tribune Star)

Life is good right now for Brandon Blankenbaker. The 23-year-old son of Terre Haute South tennis Coach Bill Blankenbaker started his dream job a couple weeks ago after finishing up class at Eastern Illinois University.
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Budget passed joylessly: Pension fund 'raid,' preference of Chicago projects bemoaned (Herald & Review)

SPRINGFIELD - Local lawmakers had little good to say about the estimated $54.4 billion state budget that emerged from the General Assembly on Tuesday. Most blasted it as being bad for taxpayers and downstate Illinois.
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Williams, current Illini face crucial stretch (Herald & Review)

CHAMPAIGN - When your team is struggling, wheel in the good-luck charms. Maybe that's the Chicago Cubs' reasoning for filling Wrigley Field with as many University of Illinois basketball souvenirs as possible for Sunday's game against the Colorado Rockies.
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Sports (Terre Haute Tribune Star)

Dave Shawver's coaching career ended Monday in Illinois, a few days earlier than he had hoped when Casey lost to St. Joseph-Ogden in the Class A softball tournament.
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Make your Muscles Smile: Various massage techniques can leave your body and mind in better shape (Southern Illinoisan)

Massage therapy is not only for city dwellers. In fact, judging by the number of qualified massage therapists located in southern Illinois, massage is a form of therapy that is quickly moving into the mainstream of rural culture.
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