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Police investigating a shooting in Hoopeston

Hoopeston - One person is dead, after a shooting in northern Vermillion County. More>>

New head of piano program at Millikin University plays a different tune

A new face of millikin university's piano program means new goals. WAND's Elise Menaker sat down with Silvan Negrutiu to learn how he's already transformed the program. It's the sound of a new beginning. "We More>>

Deadline for School State Grants is March 14th

Public schools, colleges and universities have until Friday to apply for state grants. Under a security program, schools can get financial help for things such as installing reinforced doors, locks More>>

ATV Permits Put on Hold

Hopes of requiring an all-terrain permit will not happen soon. That's because Illinois officials have put plans on hold. Lawmakers approved the new $15 fee for atvs in 2013 and it was set to take effect More>>

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4 guards injured during southern Ill. prison fight
4 guards injured during southern Ill. prison fight
A southern Illinois prison is on lockdown after a weekend altercation left four guards with slight injuries.More >>
A southern Illinois prison is on lockdown after a weekend altercation left four guards with slight injuries.More >>
News Minute: Here is the latest Illinois news from The Associated Press
News Minute: Here is the latest Illinois news from The Associated Press
Authorities say a pedestrian died in central Illinois after being struck by an Amtrak train. Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says the incident happened Sunday evening in Pontiac when the train from Chicago hit a trespasser...More >>
Rehabbed bald eagle released in Quincy
Rehabbed bald eagle released in Quincy
A bald eagle that was found injured in a west-central Illinois trap last month is free again.More >>
A bald eagle that was found injured in a west-central Illinois trap last month is free again.More >>
Amtrak train strikes pedestrian in Pontiac
Amtrak train strikes pedestrian in Pontiac
Authorities say a pedestrian died in central Illinois after being struck by an Amtrak train heading to St. Louis.More >>
Authorities say a pedestrian died in central Illinois after being struck by an Amtrak train heading to St. Louis.More >>
2 accused of DUI after crash with state police car
2 accused of DUI after crash with state police car
Illinois State Police say two people are accused of drunken driving after a car rear-ended a trooper's cruiser during a southwestern Illinois traffic stop.More >>
Illinois State Police say two people are accused of drunken driving after a car rear-ended a trooper's cruiser during a southwestern Illinois traffic stop.More >>

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Powerful quake shakes California; no injuries
Powerful quake shakes California; no injuries
A very strong earthquake rattled the Northern California coast and was widely felt across the region, but authorities said early Monday that there were no reports of any injuries or damages.More >>
A very strong earthquake that struck offshore rattled the Northern California coast and was widely felt across the region, but authorities said early Monday that there were no reports of any injuries or damage.More >>
Americans riding public transit in record numbers
Americans riding public transit in record numbers
Americans are boarding public buses, trains and subways in greater numbers than any time since the suburbs began booming.More >>
Americans are boarding public buses, trains and subways in greater numbers than any time since the suburbs began booming.More >>
Court won't hear dispute over 'boobies' bracelets
Court won't hear dispute over 'boobies' bracelets
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Pennsylvania school district that wants to prevent students from wearing "I (heart) Boobies!" bracelets to promote breast cancer awareness among young people.More >>
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a Pennsylvania school district that wants to prevent students from wearing "I (heart) Boobies!" bracelets to promote breast cancer awareness among young people.More >>
Conn. shooter's dad: 'You can't get any more evil'
Conn. shooter's dad: 'You can't get any more evil'
The father of Connecticut school shooter Adam Lanza says in his first public comments about the massacre that what his son did couldn't "get any more evil" and he wishes his son hadn't been born.More >>
In his first public comments about the 2012 Connecticut school massacre, the father of gunman Adam Lanza said what his son did couldn't "get any more evil" and he now wishes his son had never been born.More >>
Black Twitter growing into online force
Black Twitter growing into online force
The hashtag gave it away.More >>
The hashtag gave it away.More >>

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Pistorius vomits during graphic testimony
Pistorius vomits during graphic testimony
The chief prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius on Monday asked the judge to bar broadcasting of what he says will be the graphic testimony of the expert who conducted the autopsy on Reeva Steenkamp,...More >>
Oscar Pistorius vomited in the dock and retched repeatedly and loudly at his murder trial Monday as he heard graphic details of the injuries sustained by the girlfriend he shot, including a head wound that was probably...More >>
Stigma hinders efforts to combat leprosy in India
Stigma hinders efforts to combat leprosy in India
At first, Ashok Yadav ignored the patches of pink skin on his arm. But when pale sores erupted on his body and he lost sensation in his fingertips, a doctor issued the devastating diagnosis: Yadav had leprosy.More >>
At first, Ashok Yadav ignored the patches of pink skin on his arm. But when pale sores erupted on his body and he lost sensation in his fingertips, a doctor issued the devastating diagnosis: Yadav had leprosy.More >>
Telecom giant pulls ads from Uganda anti-gay paper
Telecom giant pulls ads from Uganda anti-gay paper
An activist group says the global telecom company Orange has withdrawn advertising from a Ugandan tabloid newspaper that printed the names of 200 suspected homosexuals after a severe anti-gay law was enacted last...More >>
An activist group says the global telecom company Orange has withdrawn advertising from a Ugandan tabloid newspaper that printed the names of 200 suspected homosexuals after a severe anti-gay law was enacted last month.More >>
Germany rejects Snowden claim it bowed to NSA
Germany rejects Snowden claim it bowed to NSA
Germany has dismissed a claim by NSA leaker Edward Snowden that it bowed to U.S. demands to water down legal protection for German citizens.More >>
Germany has dismissed a claim by NSA leaker Edward Snowden that it bowed to U.S. demands to water down legal protection for German citizens.More >>
Investigators chase 'every angle' in missing jet
Investigators chase 'every angle' in missing jet
Dozens of ships and aircraft have failed to find any piece of the missing Boeing 777 jet that vanished more than two days ago above waters south of Vietnam as investigators pursued "every angle" to explain its...More >>
Rescue helicopters and ships searching for a Malaysia Airlines jet rushed Monday to investigate a yellow object that looked like a life raft. It turned out to be moss-covered trash floating in the ocean, once again dashing...More >>

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