Wood and Vallas Win Lottery for Gubernatorial Primaries
Springfield Republican Corinne Wood and Democrat Paul G. Vallas won the lottery held by the State Board of Elections to place top on party ballots for the March 19 gubernatorial primaries. The lottery covered races with multiple nominating petitions filed by 8 a.m. December 10, listing candidates in filing order. SI Springfield Bureau
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Fire destroys Lake Forest home amid Christmas tree blaze
In Lake Forest, a Sunday night fire destroyed a two story home causing nearly 1 million dollars in damages. Seven residents escaped unharmed after a 9 year old boy found the blazing Christmas tree and alerted relatives. About 50 firefighters battled the blaze on the far west side of the city. Lake Forest lies about 30 miles north of Chicago.
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Desperate search for kidnapped girl in Chicago
Chicago police and the girl's mother appeal for help locating Jasmine, a 16 month old abducted on Christmas Eve by a woman with a neck tattoo at a Greyhound station. Marcella Anderson pleads for the girl's safe return as coverage expands on local and national outlets. Police say they are following all leads with FBI involvement.
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Ernest Hernandez
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State cannot afford rare Lincoln artifacts in Illinois effort
Chicago AP reports curator Kim Bauer struggles to buy Lincoln artifacts for the Homer Lincoln Collection and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield as a 20 percent budget cut reduces the annual $25,000 appropriation. Officials seek funding, auctions, and donations to build a premier collection slated to open in 2002 and 2004, while not-for-profits face price pressure from private collectors and institutions competing for items like Mary Todd Lincoln letters and a famed second inaugural draft.
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Springfield
Tom Schwartz
Illinois
Henry Horner
Escapee Nabbed After Alleged Assault Near Tavern
Leighton Bates, 41, a convicted rapist, was arrested in Salem two days after escaping from Oregon State Prison. He allegedly assaulted a 46 year old woman, forced her and her teenage son back to a residence, then to a state park before police were notified. Bates previously escaped in 1985 and 1992.
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Mother sues Green River killer suspect in wrongful death
Dorothy K. Mills, mother of Opal Charmaine Mills, sues Gary Ridgway for wrongful death seeking damages including funeral costs. Ridgway, 52, is charged with four Green River deaths after DNA-backed arrest. Mills’ daughter, 16, was killed in August 1982. detectives link at least 49 deaths to the killer.
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Green River
Gary Ridgway
Dorothy K. Mills
Opal Charmaine Mills
Ridgway
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