Illinois mayor to serve probation on misdemeanor charge
Aledo Mayor C W Stancliff, 63, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor prostitution charge in Davenport. With no prior record, judgment was deferred for one year. if he pays costs and avoids further violations, his record will be expunged. He was arrested November 25 for allegedly paying $40 for sex.
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Davenport
Iowa
Illinois
Aledo
C.W. “Red
Stancliff
Sandra Summers- Boone
Bakalis Drops Out of Illinois Gubernatorial Race
Chicago Democrat Michael Bakalis withdraws from the governor race citing insufficient funds to stay competitive. He returns to Northwestern teaching, leaving Paul Vallas Rod Blagojevich and Roland Burris as the remaining Democratic candidates ahead of the March 19 primary.
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Chicago
Michael Bakalis
Comptroller and State Schools
State Board of Elections
Board
Dan White
Bakalis
American Quality Schools Corp
Kellogg Graduate School of Management
Northwestern University
Chicago Public Schools
Paul Vallas
U.S
Rod Blagojevich
Illinois
Roland Burris
Chicago Tribune
Wgn-Tv
Three women friends for 90 years and counting
Mildred Mulligan 102 Ann Prichard 101 and Helen Clippinger 103 grew up in Glen Ellyn and have remained close since Miss Lee's class in 1900. Now a TV documentary narrated by Julia Roberts chronicles their endurance through a century of change from early 1900s life to today.
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Helen Clippinger
Mildred Mulligan
West Covina
Calif
Glen Ellyn
Miss Lee
Chicago
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Ann Prichard
Prichard
Mulligan
Clippinger
Howard Storm
David Yarnell
Sam Denoff
Julia Roberts
Roberts
A&e
America
Yarnell
Storm
Barbara Clippinger
Helen
Duane Street
Glenbard High School
Glen Ellyn High School
Centenarian Women Share Resilient World War Era Lives
Evanston recounts the lives of Mulligan Clippinger and Prichard, two centenarians who endured depression, bank failures, and wartime hardship. Their sisterly support, extended families, and stubborn grit kept them going as they aged in California and beyond.
Legislature tackles safe issues amid campaign year
In Springfield lawmakers moved a mix of high profile debates and safe topics as they advanced bills on boycotting Abercrombie & Fitch over its catalogs and criminalizing unapproved use of university symbols like Illinois Chief Illiniwek. The Senate Executive Committee unanimously approved the measures despite questions on free speech and uneven trademark protections.
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Springfield
Ronald Reagan
Senate
Abercrombie & Fitch
Patrick O'Malley
GOP
Corinne Wood
O'Malley
State
Judith Myers
R-Danville
Robert Steigmann
University of Illinois
Illiniwek
State Supreme Court
Steigmann
Myers
Illinois soybean group and grain operators form biodiesel cooperative
The Illinois Soybean Association, Evergreen FS Inc., and Growmark Inc. create a cooperative to become Illinois’s first major biodiesel retailer. They will offer on farm fuel blends with up to 20 percent biodiesel, boosting soybean demand. Experts expect only a modest price impact on soybeans despite environmental gains.
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Bloomington
Illinois Soybean Association
Evergreen FS Inc
Growmark Inc
Russ Higgins
Illinois
Mike Lockart
Growmark
Stu Ellis
University of Illinois Extension
Macon County
Illinois Soybean Checkoff Board
Biodiesel
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Amsterdam
Resurrection Hospital
Rotimi
Waukegan
Daniel Drew
Peggy Link
Victory Memorial Hospital
Drew
Lake County
Newton Finn
Waukegan Park District
Friends
Don Barwin
Associated Press
Evanston
California
Soybean Group
Sories
S. Illinois
Southern Minors
Bryan Furniture
Herrin
Frankfort
Bruce
Nt Modern Tile & Carpet, Inc
Industrial Park
Carbondale
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