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State Journal-Register
1 Jan, 2020
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Drive-In Car Wash closes after 64 years in business
Sam Madonia began his wedding day at the Drive-In Car Wash. That was June 7, 1969. "I was staying on Fifth Street and woke up and decided to get the car washed.
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Formal charges expected to be filed against man in mall shooting case

Sangamon County State's Attorney Dan Wright is expected to file formal charges Tuesday against the Decatur man accused of firing a shot at White Oaks Mall Saturday.

Revelers around the world usher in the new decade

Revelers around the world usher in the new decade Revelers around the globe are bidding farewell to a decade that will be remembered for the rise of social media, the Arab Spring, the #MeToo movement and, of course, President Donald Trump.

 
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Kansas officer resigns, faked story of expletive on his cup

JUNCTION CITY, Kan.

Illinois governor clears thousands of marijuana convictions

CHICAGO - Illinois' governor granted more than 11,000 pardons for low-level marijuana convictions on Tuesday, describing the step as a first wave of thousands of such expungements anticipated under the state's new marijuana legalization law.

 
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Make financial peace your new year’s resolution

If you've decided this is the year you will straighten out your finances, you've got company.

Boys & Girls Clubs executive to speak at Unity breakfast

Tiffany Williams-Mathis, chief exective officer and executive director of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Illinois, will be the keynote speaker for the annual Unity Breakfast in Jacksonville.

Protesters attack US Embassy in Baghdad after airstrikes

BAGHDAD - Angered by deadly airstrikes targeting an Iran-backed militia, dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area in one of the worst attacks on the embassy in recent memory.

Militiamen breach US Embassy in Baghdad; Trump blames Iran

BAGHDAD - Dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, angered over deadly U.S. airstrikes targeting the Iran-backed militia.

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