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Study Finds High Drug Use Rates For Kids Who Were Jailed
A Northwestern University study has found high rates of drug and alcohol abuse and dependency among some who went through Cook County's juvenile detention center.
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Sen. Kirk Calls For Vote On Garland Nomination
The Republican told WLS Radio in Chicago Friday that the Senate should he Senate should "man up and cast a vote.'' President Obama nominated U.S. appeals court Judge Merrick Garland on Wednesday. Kirk is the first GOP Senator to break with party leaders, who say there won't be a hearing for him.
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Illini Basketball Player Nunn Arrested On Domestic Battery Charge
The junior guard is the third Illinois men's basketball player to be arrested in the last two months. He pleaded not guilty Friday in Champaign County Circuit Court.
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UI’s Killeen, Wilson Weigh In On Impasse To Senators
U of I President Timothy Killeen and Interim Urbana Chancellor Barbara Wilson told an appropriations committee that some high-profile faculty are looking to leave the university due to the budget stalemate. "I really fear for the brain drain right now," Wilson said. Meanwhile, Killeen says the U of I won't be able to cover the full cost of students' MAP grants should the impasse continue this fall.
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Cleaning Up from Western Illinois Storms
Heavy storms, including a tornado near the town of Good Hope, caused damage in western Illinois Tuesday night.
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Referendum Defeat Is End Of The Line For Proposed New Monticello High School
Monticello School District Supt. Vic Zimmerman says he'll look at renovating the current high school instead of building a new one, after Tuesday's referendum defeat.
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Obama’s High Court Nominee Is Chicago Area Native
President Barack Obama's U.S. Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland was born in Chicago. While attending Niles West High School in nearby Skokie, he was involved with student government, drama and debating.
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Illinois Primary Election Scorecard
Amanda Vinicky reports on key legislative races, the U-S Senate contests and the heavy turnout in Tuesday's Illinois Primary.
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Record Primary Turnout For Champaign County
Champaign County Clerk Gordy Hulten says interest in both presidential primaries contributed to the roughly 60,000 votes cast, but he says others, particularly University of Illinois students, were drawn to the polls because of a new same-day voter registration law. He says at one campus polling site, about 200 were still in line as the polls closed at 7 p.m.