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Downtown grand prix deemed a success
Jacksonville Journal-Courier, Ill.The organizer and promoter of Sunday's "GoodTime Doc's Plaza Grand Prix" called the racing event a success on every level. "I didn't hear any bad remarks about the races from anyone," race organizer and promoter Randy Springer said. "In fact, I heard...Tags: Auto Racing
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The Way We Were: 'Come on, you brave Yank'
Jacksonville Journal-Courier, Ill.A Union soldier from Pike County, Sgt. William Sitton, was wounded as he carried the stars and stripes into battle at Vicksburg, Miss. A fellow Pike Countian, Sgt. Tom Higgins, grabbed the flag when Sitton fell, only to lose it when he was captured...Tags: Human Interest, St. Louis, Awards and Prizes
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Business People - May 19, 2013
The Bismarck Tribune, N.D.Bott joins firm Chris Bott has joined the Mandan office of Interstate Engineering Inc. as a senior project engineer. Bott has more than 20 years of engineering experience and has a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Illinois...Tags: Labor Legislation, Engineering, Personal Finance, Technology, Science and Technology
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Belleville Memorial Hospital takes on nation's largest insurer
St. Louis Post-DispatchBelleville Memorial Hospital and UnitedHealthcare are moving toward a showdown next month over hospital and physician reimbursement rates. If an agreement cannot be struck, Memorial and its physicians group will no longer be in the network of the...Tags: Health Insurance, Human Interest, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Nursing, Government Health Care
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Summer Fun Guide: Summer movies are more fun outdoors
St. Louis Post-DispatchAct 2 in the heartwarming story of Frontyard Features is a lot like the first: A hometown fan steps to the plate to promote his favorite pastime in the city he loves. In this case, the pastime is movies, and the new guy in charge of the outdoor-...Tags: Arts and Culture, Adele (music artist), Arts, St. Louis, The Princess Bride (movie)
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Customer robbed outside Laclede Credit Union
The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.A man who apparently planned to hold up the Laclede Community Credit Union on State Street found its door locked Friday and instead robbed a customer who also was trying to go inside, police said. The robbery was the fourth at Laclede since 2011 but the...Tags: Theft, Trials
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2 Routt students earn their blood money
Jacksonville Journal-Courier, Ill.It was A-positively good day for two Routt Catholic High School seniors, both of whom received a $500 scholarship for their school's participation in an annual blood challenge. Forty-eight high schools participated in the 12th annual Springfield...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Human Interest, Christianity, Schools, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
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No pretending for Menards 200
The BladeJustin Allgaier remembers sitting in the stands of one of the nation's superspeedways, imagining himself inside one of the precision stock cars. Next to him sat Kelly Kovski, his childhood friend. Together, they did play-by-play of the race,...Tags: Auto Racing, Riverton, Tony Stewart, Kyle Busch, Elliott Sadler
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State sets hearing dates for online school proposal
A state commission will hold hearings next month as it determines whether to overrule 18 suburban school districts that rejected a proposal for an online charter school. The hearings — one for each of the 18 districts affected — will take...Tags: Schools, Charter Schools
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DePaul arena part of broader plan to boost Chicago tourism
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expected to unveil Thursday a $173 million plan to build a 10,000-seat arena for the DePaul Blue Demons next to McCormick Place, couching it as part of a broader blueprint for boosting tourism, much of it to be publicly funded. The...
Tags: McCormick Place, Local Government, Finance, Public Officials, University of Chicago
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All politicians are alike
Members of Congress and lawmakers in Springfield both seem to share one unique aspect. They all answer to themselves and their benefactors, as opposed to those they are supposed to represent, the citizens of this state and country. Nothing of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Justice System, Lombard
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Concealed-carry legislation emerges in Springfield
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — A bill that would set up the rules to allow concealed weapons to be carried in Illinois has started moving through the state senate. The measure would require a gun owner to get a special endorsement from the Chicago police in...Tags: Firearms, Politics, Gun Control, John J Cullerton, Tim Bivins
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