John O'Connor
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Illinois political writer for The @AP. Credentials? A dog named Shadrach. (@Shadrach_Bond) [email protected]
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Former Gov. Pat Quinn returns to the Capitol to talk about . what else? Reform. @AP @APOConnor #twill.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Another federal conviction for political corruption in Illinois, another call for tougher ethics laws.
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On Illinois highway, blinding dust, then 'crash after crash' - NewsChannel 13, from @AP and @APOConnor
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The latest news, weather, and sports for New York's Capital Region -- including Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and Saratoga Springs.
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Nasty day on I-55. At least 6 dead after dust storm causes crashes in Illinois (from @APOConnor)
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RT @anthonyted: 150 years later, Dixon bridge tragedy among nation's worst (great yarn from @AP’s @APOConnor)
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“You could look down and see their faces. They couldn’t get to the surface because all that iron was on top of them. It’s frightening -- to look up and see daylight, inches from air?” --- Tom Wadsworth on the Truesdell Bridge disaster 150 years ago. @AP
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"You can make sure that we eradicate the root causes that lead to violence, and we also can make sure that there’s support on the front line to make sure that we’re preventing violence." -- Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson. @AP
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Chicago's mayor-elect on Wednesday attempted to dispel the often-contentious relationship between the nation's third-largest city and the rest of the state, telling a joint...
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“It’s important for people to be able to see themselves on the bookshelves.” — Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, who with @ILSecOfState seeks library pledge against 'banning' books (from @AP)
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois' new secretary of state and Democrats in the General Assembly are pushing back against a rise in challenges to books shelved in libraries.
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"They didn’t intend to kill. They didn’t want him to go to the hospital because that would expose them. But they intended to inflict harm and they did so with a depraved indifference to loss of life." --Timothy Bass, assistant U.S. attorney. @AP #twil
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Three former Illinois prison guards will spend years behind bars for fatally punching, kicking and stomping a 65-year-old inmate after dragging him out of sight
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Pardon sought for Joe James, one of two criminally accused Black men secreted away from a lynch-minded white mob in Lincoln's hometown, fomenting the 1908 Race Riot (and @NAACP). With @AP colleague Corey Williams (I mostly took photos). #1908RaceRiot #twil
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Joe James, a Black man, was asleep under a tree when he was grabbed, beaten and then arrested for the murder of a white man in Springfield, Illinois.
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RT @CopCrime: IL: Ex-correctional officer sentenced in death of an Illinois prison inmate .Story by @APOConnor.
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A contrite Willie Hedden, the last of three ex-correctional officers convicted in the beating death of an Illinois prison inmate, was sentenced Wednesday to six years in federal prison after pleadi…
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RT @RosemarySobol1: Ex-correctional officer sentenced in death of an Illinois prison inmate - @APOConnor
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A contrite Willie Hedden, the last of three ex-correctional officers convicted in the beating death of an Illinois prison inmate, was sentenced Wednesday to six years in federal prison after pleadi…
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“You were an active participant. Three witnesses testified that you contributed to the assault. You were the senior officer and could have stopped it.” -- U.S. District Judge Sue Myerscough, in sentencing Todd Sheffler in the Larry Earvin beating death.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The second of three former correctional officers sentenced in the fatal beating of a state inmate received a 20-year prison term Monday, the same as a co-conspirator despite...
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Sentencing of first prison guard convicted of fatal beating of Western Illinois Correctional Center inmates reveals "culture" of silence around violence to inmates. #twill @AP:
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A former Illinois state corrections officer was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in federal prison for his role in the beating death of a prison inmate in May 2018.
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"This is simply a case of a state agency not liking a law and just deciding on their own they’re not going to enforce it.” -- @SenatorBillC on board's reluctance to follow concealed weapons law. @pbpalaw #twil @APCentralRegion:
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Thousands of law enforcement officers left out when Illinois adopted a federal law allowing police agency retirees to carry concealed weapons saw their fortunes reversed Jan....
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