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Illinois Officially No Longer in Drought
Alton Daily News
It may seem obvious if you've stuck your head outside any time in the last couple of months, but the drought of 2012 is officially over in Illinois. It's the first time since last summer's heat damaged corn crops that the state is not in an abnormally ...

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Nittany Lions Win Third Straight NCAA Wrestling Crown
GoPSUsports.com
2 seed Jesse Delgado of Illinois in the 125-pound final. Megaludis ..... Like in his first two bouts, Alton was methodical with takedowns, getting one in the first, two in the second and two in the third to roll to a 13-5 major decision with 2:23 in ...
Day 2: NCAA Wrestling ChampionshipsOnward State
NCAA wrestling: Two Centre County natives in finals; Penn State has five ...Centre Daily Times
NCAA wrestling notebook: PSU junior Ed Ruth wins 100th match of careerPennLive.com
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White shines for Tigers at Relays
Alton Telegraph
White won the long jump (17 feet, 7 3/4 inches), the high jump (5-2) and finished second in the 300-meter low hurdles (45.6) Saturday during the girls portion of the Southwestern Illinois Relays on Winston Brown Track. White was also on the EHS 4x400 ...

PSU gets 5 wrestlers into finals
Altoona Mirror
Taylor pinned Illinois' Conrad Polz in :24 in the quarterfinals before pinning Yates. "It's something ... Jordan Conaway, the freshman 133-pounder, and returning All-American Dylan Alton (157) made it the farthest, each losing in the All-America round ...

Alton Daily News
Reports Card Says IL Roads Get 'D-Plus'
Alton Daily News
The state of Illinois isn't making the grade according to a new infrastructure report card. The American Society of Civil Engineers gives Illinois a D-plus when it comes to road conditions. The survey found over 70-percent of roads in Illinois are ...

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Federal cuts to close control towers at Gary, 5 Illinois airports
Chicago Tribune
The Gary airport will remain open to pilots, however, without air traffic services in the tower, as will airports in Waukegan, Decatur, Bloomington-Normal, Carbondale-Murphysboro in southern Illinois, Alton near St. Louis as well as Kenosha. All 149 ...
Iowa and Illinois towers on FAA list of those it will closeWQAD.com -- Quad Cities News & Weather from WQAD
5 Illinois airports among those where towers to closeThe State Journal-Register
FAA will close 5 air traffic towers in IllinoisPeoria Journal Star
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Hockey game to help trooper's survivors
Alton Telegraph
This memorial puck will be available for sale during Sunday's "Border War" hockey game at the East Alton Ice Arena to benefit the family of the late Illinois State Police Trooper Kyle Deatherage of St. Jacob. View all 2 images in gallery. Illinois ...

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Oklahoma State keeping pressure on Penn State at DI championships
NCAA.com
Matt Brown, David Taylor and Ed Ruth all scored falls to move to the quarterfinals, joining teammates Nico Megaludis, Dylan Alton and Quentin Wright. Bryan Pearsall also got into the act, picking up a major decision in a 141-pound wrestleback. Andrew ...
PSU gets six into next roundAltoona Mirror
Despite 4 losses, Penn State wrestlers still have plenty of scoring ...Penn Live
Penn State wrestling: Nittany Lions cruise through first session at NCAA ...Centre Daily Times
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Alton Daily News
Game of Change Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Alton Daily News
Only one team from Illinois has ever won the NCAA basketball tournament, and their path to victory was historic. It was 50 years ago that Loyola beat Cincinnati in overtime to win the national championship in basketball. Along the way, they beat ...

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Youth Football Bill Sacked In House
Alton Daily News
An attempt to regulate the amount of tackling high school and youth football players can do during practice fumbled during an Illinois House committee hearing. State Rep. Carol Sente (D-Vernon Hills), the sponsor. pointed out, “At a time, many ...

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FabLab Legislation Introduced
Alton Daily News
An Illinois congressman is proposing legislation that would promote advanced manufacturing in the United States while investing in the next generation of entrepreneurs. U.S. Rep. Bill Foster (D-Naperville) is introducing the “Fab Lab” legislation. Fab ...

Alton Daily News
Lovejoy Group Gets Grant
Alton Daily News
Seventeen Central Illinois communities were awarded 23 grants this week as part of The Looking for Lincoln Heritage Coalition/Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area 2012 Partnership Grant Program. Locally, the Elijah P. Lovejoy Memorial will receive ...

NCAA Wrestling Championship Results
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Andrew Alton (Penn State) 27-5 won by fall over Daniel Young (Army) 16-11 (Fall 2:05). Josh Roosa (Bloomsburg) 23-6 won by decision over Blake Roulo (Buffalo) 24-15 (Dec 4-1). Josh Wilson (Utah Valley) 22-9 won by decision over Caleb Ervin (Illinois) ...

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Illinois to take lead in buying high-speed locomotives
Chicago Tribune
Locomotives capable of exceeding the 110-mph speed limit on the passenger rail corridor between Chicago and St. Louis will be bought for Illinois and four other states under a process the Illinois Department of Transportation will lead, officials said ...
Governor Quinn Announces Illinois to Lead Multi-State High-Speed Rail ...eNews Park Forest

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Outdoors Outpost
Mason County News
March, 2013 – An eight-year-old girl at Love Joy Elementary School in Alton, Illinois threw a tantrum, and was subsequently handcuffed and held by police for two hours. – KMOV.com local news station. These are just a few examples of rampant abuse ...

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St. Louis Regional Airport Director Speaks Out Against Sequester Cuts
KMOX.com
EAST ALTON, Ill. (KMOX) - 1,269. That's the number of times the military has used St. Louis Regional Airport in the last six months. Airport Director Dave Miller hopes that alone is enough to keep their funding in place and their tower open. St. Louis ...

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Growing labor force drives up unemployment rate
Foster's Daily Democrat
The communities in the Foster's Daily Democrat area posted January jobless rates as follows: Alton — 7.0 ; Barrington — 6.2; Brookfield — 6.4; Dover — 5.2; Durham — 5.2; Epping — 7.6; Exeter — 7.1; Farmington — 8.2; Greenland — 4.9; Hampton ...

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Alton Daily News
Flu Season Wanes
Alton Daily News
It was a harsh flu season, says Dr. Lamar Hasbrouck, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health. “It was a very harsh flu season. It started early, it peaked early. We had, for instance, if you compare last year (2011-12), we had a total last ...

Alton Daily News
Madison County 83rd Healthiest in Illinois
Alton Daily News
In the study ranking the healthiest counties in the nation, Madison ranked 83rd out of the 102 counties in Illinois. Jersey County ranks 37th, and Macoupin County is 45th in the study that looks at data on smoking, obesity, poverty and access to ...

Alton Daily News
Altonian Recognized For Volunteering
Alton Daily News
An Alton resident has been recognized for his efforts volunteering in many different areas. Jim Maurer is one of more than 200 AT&T Illinois employees to receive the President's Volunteer Service Award for his work in the local community. The award is ...