June 20, 2013
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Associated Press Lionel Koons is seen in custody at the Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center Wednesday in Minden, La. He was one of six executives of a Louisiana company who have been arrested on charges of improperly storing explosives.
6 arrested in explosives case
The president and at least two other executives of a Louisiana explosives recycling company were among six people arrested Tuesday in the investigation of how the material was stored. The Explo ...
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Urban Outfitters pulls pill-bottle shot glasses
FRANKFORT — Political leaders in drug-plagued Kentucky say they’re pleased that retailer Urban Outfitters has stopped selling flasks, shot glasses and pint glasses that look like prescription pill ...
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Metropolis church destroyed for 2nd time in a year
METROPOLIS, Ill. — A southern Illinois congregation said they plan to again rebuild after their church was destroyed for a second time in 13 months. The 159-year-old Upper Salem Baptist Church i...
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Priest removed after sexual abuse charge
FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A Catholic priest who took over a Fort Wayne parish after its pastor was accused of sexually abusing a minor has been removed from public ministry himself for allegedly abusing a...
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Overdose medication coming to Kentucky
DAYTON — A northern Kentucky medical team expects to receive a pharmaceutical in the coming weeks that can be prescribed to treat opiate overdoses. Dr. Jeremy Engel told The Kentucky Enquirer th...
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CUB: Illinois residents waste $1.4 billion on data plans
CHICAGO — Illinois residents using mobile phones are wasting $1.4 billion a year by signing up for the wrong cellphone data plan, according to a consumer advocacy group’s study released Tuesday. ...
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Illinois toddler dies when car swept into creek
MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — Authorities say a 2-year-old western Illinois boy is dead after flood waters swept his father’s car into a rain-swollen creek. Brown County Sheriff Karl Groesch says Malac...
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Counselors available at SIU-Carbondale after student dies in weekend wreck
CARBONDALE, Ill. — Administrators are making counselors available to students at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale after a student died in a weekend traffic crash. Five others with ties...
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Quinn signs tough fracking regulations law
CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation giving the state the nation’s strictest regulations for high-volume oil and gas drilling. In a news release, Quinn’s office says the gove...
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Retired congressman takes control of flight
CARBONDALE, Ill. — Retired Congressman Ken Gray took to the sky for a sentimental journey May 30. Gray, 88, took the controls aboard one of Black Diamond Aviation’s helicopters, allowing him a bird...
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