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Checks worth millions written by Chicago remain uncashed

Pritzker signs new law raising teacher pay to $40,000

Some delegations to 2020 Dem convention head to Illinois

Illinois state trooper shot in East St. Louis

Shooting investigation leads to arrest on drug charges

Jackie Joyner-Kersee to lead Du Quoin State Fair Twilight Parade

Valier man pleads not guilty to sex crime

Illinois governor signs law to protect immigrant renters

2 housing authorities get money to ID lead paint hazard

Checks worth millions written by Chicago remain uncashed

State and Local News

Robber learns the hard way his victim knew how to box

CHICAGO (AP) — A man looking to steal a cell phone may want to rethink his ability to size up victims after a woman he tried to rob turned to be a boxer who

6 hours ago by Robert Thies

Checks worth millions written by Chicago remain uncashed

CHICAGO (AP) — A lawyer says Chicago has benefited from 22,000 uncashed checks worth $11 million, some going back to the 1980s. The Chicago Sun-Times says attorney Clint Krislov made the discovery through a

7 hours ago by Robert Thies

Pritzker signs new law raising teacher pay to $40,000

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation raising teachers’ minimum salary to $40,000 over four years to address a statewide shortage of classroom leaders. The current minimum teacher salary ranges

7 hours ago by Robert Thies

National News

Democratic presidential candidates have a new approach for tackling gun violence: Treat it as a public-health crisis
Candidates like Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker want to draw on tactics used by community-based organizations to fight gun violence.
CNN Hires Fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe as Contributor
Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe is joining CNN as an on-air contributor, the network's media reporter Oliver Darcy announced Friday.McCabe was fired from the FBI in March 2018 after the Department of Justice's inspector general revealed that he'd repeatedly lied under oath to investigators about his role in leaking information on the bureau's Clinton […]
Ex-US marine says injured by Russian prison guards
A former US marine who was arrested in Moscow on espionage charges said Friday he had been injured by guards in the prison where he is being held awaiting trial. "I was injured in the prison... the prison doesn't want to tell you," Paul Whelan told journalists from a cage in a Moscow court, which […]

Business News

Trump orders U.S. firms out of China after Beijing sets new tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he has ordered American companies to exit China after Beijing unveiled retaliatory tariffs on $75 billion in U.S. goods, throwing a new twist into the bitter trade war between the world's two largest economies.
U.S. trade group says 'unrealistic' for American retailers to exit China
The U.S. National Retail Federation (NRF) said on Friday it is "unrealistic" for American retailers to move out of China, the world's second-largest economy, as 95% of the world's consumers live outside the United States.
Trump presses U.S. companies to close China operations
President Donald Trump said on Friday he was ordering U.S. companies to look at ways to close their operations in China and make more of their products in the United States instead, sending U.S. markets down sharply in a new rhetorical strike at Beijing as trade tensions mounted.

The Dawghouse – River Radio Saluki Sports Coverage

IN THE DAWGHOUSE PODCAST 3-01-19: KAVION PIPPEN
Kavion Pippen joined the Salukis two years ago under the promise he’d be starting things out slow and learning while playing the back-up role to Thik Bol. Those plans were scrapped before his first season at SIU had begun when Bol went down with a knee injury that would turn out to be season ending. […]
IN THE DAWGHOUSE PODCAST 2-12-19: ARMON FLETCHER
This interview was recorded Friday, February 8th Armon Fletcher passed Carlton Fay on SIU’s All-Time scoring list early last Saturday in a game against Evansville. Fletcher only needed one basket to break his tie with Troy Hudson and pass Carlton Fay, officially entering the top 30 All-Time in scoring for Saluki History. He’s now sitting […]
IN THE DAWGHOUSE PODCAST 1-28-19: SEKOU DEMBELE
While the Saluki basketball team will be graduating six seniors after this season, there is plenty more on the way with four freshmen redshirting this season. Sekou Dembele is one of those players. Dembele is a native of Mali and played for the U19 National Team before coming to the United States to play for […]

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