Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

MARION -- Falmier's Construction stormed back from a 9-1 deficit to win 18-12 over Scrub Shoppe Friday night in a Marion Adult Softball Co-Ed contest at Pyramid Park.
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Helicopter crashes into lake; no injuries (Belleville News-Democrat)

LAKE OZARK, Mo. - An Illinois helicopter pilot and his passenger weren't hurt when their chopper crashed into the Lake of the Ozarks.
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Two Friends (DuQuoin Evening Call)

You will remember the late Leonard Sanders as the "hit it rich" Elkville senior citizen who won the Illinois Lottery, changed little as he aged, and left to his beloved community in perpetuity a senior billiards center and an extensive restoration of his church.
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Du Quoin ESDA Wins 'Storm-Ready' Certification for City (DuQuoin Evening Call)

National Weather Service and Illinois Emergency Management Agency representatives were in Du Quoin on Wednesday, June 15, 2005 to announce that the City of Du Quoin has been re-accredited as StormReady.
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Buckinghams pleased all ages with ‘60s hits (Ledger-Sentinel)

An overflow crowd of about 5,000 came out from all over Illinois to see The Buckinghams at PrairieFest in Oswego last Saturday night.
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Du Quoin School Board Learns that Early Teacher Retirement Will Be Expensive (DuQuoin Evening Call)

The State of Illinois, school districts and teachers themselves can no longer afford the luxury of large payments that have given some teachers an early retirement option.
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Man suffers head injuries (Ironwood Daily Globe)

MERCER, Wis. -- The Mercer Ambulance responded to a Saturday accident in which an Illinois man fell from a ladder, striking his head on a pile of rocks.
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News (Terre Haute Tribune Star)

By Howard Greninger/Tribune-Star/Marshall, Ill. Patricia Keeney dialed 911, telling an operator she had shot her husband in their Casey, Ill., home on Father's Day, said Dennis E. Simonton, the Illinois state's attorney in Clark County, Ill.
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Columbus Citizens Foundation to Announce College Scholarship Recipients (pzone via Yahoo! Australia & NZ Finance)

-- Higher Education Put Within Grasp of 84 Students -- Commitments of $1 Million Through Four-Year Scholarships MEDIA ADVISORY, June 27, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- DATE: June 29, 2005 TIME: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. LOCATION: St. Ignatius Loyola School, 48 E. 84th St., Manhattan EVENT and PHOTO OP: The Columbus Citizens Foundation will announce the 84 recipients - 65 from the Tri-State area - of the
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Audit of lottery's ad agency, R.J. Dale, comes up clean (Chicago Sun-Times)

A special audit by the Blagojevich administration of the Illinois State Lottery's chief advertising agency has found no evidence the company misused state funds despite the firm's lack of adequate financial records.
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CMC Long-term care unit passes IDPH inspection (Monmouth Review Atlas)

Community Medical Center's (CMC) Long-term Care Facility, Monmouth, recently passed an Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) unannounced inspection survey with zero nursing deficiencies.
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Southern Illinois baseball completes 2006 recruiting class (CSTV's College Sports)

Carbondale, IL (U-WIRE) -- After losing three starting pitchers to graduation, Southern Illinois baseball coach Dan Callahan focused on picking players to fill the bullpen in his 2006 recruiting class.
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More tests mean more swim bans (Chicago Sun-Times)

The number of swim bans in Illinois has shot up dramatically in the last decade, and so have doubts about the way decisions are made to keep people from taking a dip in the water. "We really don't know what kind of water people are swimming in.
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Illinois Girl Drowls In Wisconsin Pool (CBS 2 Chicago)

A seven-year-old Illinois girl has drowned in a Wisconsin Dells pool.
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SIU-E nurses gain national ranking (BizJournals)

Students at the Edwardsville School of Nursing ranked seventh best in National Licensing Exam test scores compared with students at 29 nursing programs in Illinois, the university said recently.
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Former NBA star Gill triumphs in boxing debut (Sports Illustrated)

CHICAGO (AP) -- Kendall Gill's professional boxing debut was a slam dunk. The NBA journeyman and former University of Illinois star scored a first-round technical knockout of Trevor Biley in his first professional bout Saturday night in Chicago.
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Illinois Severs Ties With Sudanese Government (CBS 2 Chicago)

A new Illinois law severs financial ties between the state and the Sudanese government.
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Ill. Auditor Clears R.J. Dale on Lottery Account (AdWeek)

CHICAGO An Illinois Department of Revenue audit found no improprieties in R.J. Dale Advertising and Public Relations' management of the Illinois Lottery's estimated $20 million advertising account.
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Illinois Leads Nation in 2004-05 All-Games Attendance (CSTV's College Sports)

Champaign, Ill. - Illinois was the story of the 2004-05 college basketball season, so it's fitting that more people watched the Fighting Illini play in person on the year than any other team.
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Illinois girl drowns in Wisconsin Dells pool (ABC 7 Chicago)

June 25, 2005 (WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis.) — A 7-year-old girl from Illinois has drowned in a hotel pool in Wisconsin Dells. An employee at the Polynesian Hotel found the girl at the bottom of the 5-foot-deep pool Thursday afternoon. It was unclear how long she had been submerged, authorities said.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

Mother Nature has not been all that friendly lately, and local high school sports teams are paying the price. A whole bunch of games have been cancelled over the past couple of weeks. And that's just baseball and softball. Track, tennis and soccer have taken a hit as well.
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