Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

HARRISBURG -- Amid the rumors and background work, Al Way is inching closer to a return as Harrisburg High School varsity football coach.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

What's the Score? Thoughts for all to ponder as I try to get over the embarrassment of all the attention I received Friday afternoon in the office. . .
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Illinois' Weber Gets Two-Year Extension (NBC 11 Bay Area)

Illinois men's basketball coach Bruce Weber received a two-year contract extension Thursday and is now signed through the 2010-11 season. The 2004-05 campaign was Weber's second season at Illinois and the coach led the Fighting Illini to the best year in school history.
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Illinois State Police to revisit investigation of excessive force complaint (Belleville News-Democrat)

CHICAGO - The Illinois State Police said it will investigate whether a review it did clearing a Marengo police officer of excessive force was handled properly after questions were raised by the father of the alleged victims about witnesses being ignored.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

MARION - After being the executive director for the United Way for a dozen years, Cheri Fitts said the move to her new job was a smooth transition. She became the executive director for the Williamson County Court Appointed Special Advocates in May on a part-time basis, and went full-time on June 13.
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Serving Marion, Illinois (Marion Daily Republican)

I wasn't sure what to write my column about this week so I decided that it's time for me to weigh in on the baseball issue.
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Illinois Tool Works to report next week (CBS Market Watch)

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Illinois Tool Works will kick off earnings season among the toolmakers next week, with a new chief executive set to take the reins as the company struggles with waning demand for its products.
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Illinois Gov. Blagojevich Signs Executive Order To Direct $10M to Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Medical News Today)

Illinois Gov Rod Blagojevich (D) on Tuesday signed an executive order to direct $10 million in funding for stem cell research in the state, including embryonic stem cell research, the...Chicago Tribune reports.
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Sports-related injuries in younger children are on the rise, regional providers say: Turning down the intensity is key (Southern Illinoisan)

Doctors are beginning to see overuse sports injuries in children as young as 6. One local sports medicine practitioner has noticed this trend. Ben Houle is an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine physician at the Orthopaedic Center of Southern Illinois in Mount Vernon.
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Estate case on its way to high court (Rockford Register Star)

SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Supreme Court could decide how far the state can go in seizing assets from the estates of folks who depended on state-supported health care.
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Obituaries (Franklin County Times)

H.E. "Tip" Dixon, age 78, of Bear Creek, passed away Monday, July 11, 2005, at his residence. Mr. Dixon was a member of Bear Creek No. 1 Baptist Church. He belonged to the American Legion, Masonic Lodge, and Shriners. He was retired from the Illinois Central Railroad as a Conductor.
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Muck waters down H&R 100 field (Herald & Review)

MACON - There wasn't a lot of rain that rolled through Central Illinois on Thursday. Unfortunately, some big showers settled directly over Macon Speedway for 20 minutes, turning "The World's Fastest 1/5-mile Speedway" into the world's only 1/5-mile mud pit.
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Harrell wins college division of CIJGT (Journal Gazette & Times Courier)

WHITTINGTON -- Chad Harrell won the college division of the Central Illinois Junior Golf Tour beating five other golfers with a 75 at the Rend Lake Golf Course. Harrell won by three strokes over Garrett Keck.
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Growing Carlwell draws huge comparison (Herald & Review)

CHAMPAIGN - Brian Carlwell looked as stunned as anyone. Six-foot-11? Two-hundred, sixty-one pounds? "That surprised me, too," said the center from Proviso East, who will join the University of Illinois roster next fall.
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One killed, two injured in Douglas County crash (Journal Gazette & Times Courier)

ARTHUR -- One person was killed and two were injured in a two-vehicle accident Thursday afternoon, Illinois State Police reported.
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Illinois OKs extension for Bruce Weber (The State)

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Bruce Weber, who led Illinois to a No. 1 ranking and its first national championship game, was given a two-year contract extension Thursday.The new deal gives him a $150,000 raise, a $100,000 signing bonus and deferred compensation that could exceed $1.1 million.
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Christian Motorcyclists Association rallies in Clinton (Herald & Review)

CLINTON - More than 300 bikers from across Illinois are meeting at Little Galilee Christian camp this weekend for a state rally. Among them is Terry Diehn of Staunton. Twenty-four years ago today, he was broadsided while driving his motorcycle.
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News (Pantagraph)

ROANOKE -- Ellis Gingrich planned to stay the rest of his life in his house. Before last year's twister, his neighbors across Illinois 116 were the Matt and Angie Kimbro, Dan and Michele McCullough and Doug and Jenell Ulrich families. He'd lived his whole life in that neighborhood.
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Richard R. Werrbach (Northwest Herald)

WOODSTOCK – Richard R. Werrbach, 53, of Woodstock, died Saturday, July 16, 2005, at Northern Illinois Medical Center in McHenry. Arrangements are pending at Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home in Woodstock. For information, call the funeral home at (815) 338-1710.
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More bang, less shift needed in education funding (Herald & Review)

Changing kindergarten through 12th grade education in Illinois is going to be a central issue in the 2006 campaign for the governor's office, and it's an often-discussed topic each year in Springfield.
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Man accused of burglary in Door County arrested (Green Bay Press-Gazette)

The subject of a Door County manhunt was found Saturday around 7:45 p.m. near Colby in Clark County, west of Wausau. Tod Powers, 43, of Illinois was arrested and held in custody in Clark County.
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