Ambulance service fees starting

June 30, 2006 on 1:54 pm | In Bloomington, IL | No Comments

NORMAL — Ambulance service will change in Normal starting Saturday. No longer will there be a free ride from the town’s ambulances — trips to the hospital will range from 343 to 589.

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Katrina victim says she had to leave dog

June 30, 2006 on 1:54 pm | In Bloomington, IL | No Comments

BLOOMINGTON — A New Orleans woman says she believed she had no choice but to leave her dog at a house when her diabetic aunt ran out of insulin last year during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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Spider fears caused closure of rest area

June 30, 2006 on 1:54 pm | In Bloomington, IL | No Comments

SPRINGFIELD — It sounds like a scene out of a scary movie: A family on vacation stops at a rural interstate rest area only to find the bathrooms are overrun by venomous spiders. That scene, however, is not far from what happened at the Rend Lake Welcome Center along Interstate 57 in Southern Illinois.

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Road material caused 170 flat tires

June 30, 2006 on 1:54 pm | In Bloomington, IL | No Comments

CLINTON — DeWitt County highway officials say a bad batch of road-surfacing material led to more than 170 flat tires for motorists using the Waynesville Blacktop after a June 16 road resurfacing.

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All Kids health insurance starts July 1

June 30, 2006 on 1:54 pm | In Bloomington, IL | No Comments

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Rod Blagojevich likes to say he’s “cautiously optimistic’’ things will work in his favor on a number of public policy issues.

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Boy dies after riding Disney roller coaster

June 30, 2006 on 1:54 pm | In Bloomington, IL | No Comments

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — A 12-year-old boy died after riding a roller coaster Thursday at the Disney MGM theme park, the latest in a string of tragedies that have stung Walt Disney World in recent years.

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Attorney claims mental illness reason for theft

June 30, 2006 on 1:54 pm | In Bloomington, IL | No Comments

PEORIA — A Peoria attorney pleaded guilty but mentally ill to charges that he stole more than 278,000 from an elderly client and prosecutors say he used the money to gamble.

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State won’t use loan to buy cop cars

June 30, 2006 on 1:54 pm | In Bloomington, IL | No Comments

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s budget director agreed Thursday not to use a five-year loan to buy 500 police cars after the attorney general said it would be illegal.

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New law allows for larger fireworks displays

June 30, 2006 on 1:54 pm | In Bloomington, IL | No Comments

SPRINGFIELD A new law allows Illinoisans to set off larger firework displays but it’s too late for many people to take advantage of the new rules for this Fourth of July.

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Doing the math for gas this 4th

June 30, 2006 on 1:38 am | In Bloomington, IL | No Comments

BLOOMINGTON — How much will you pay to celebrate American independence? That depends on where you’re going to celebrate. Weekend getaways are getting costlier.

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