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Cities get $4 million in police grants
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice is awarding 13 Illinois cities more than $4 million in grants to support their law enforcement agencies. An announcement by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin's office says the grants are part of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program. Byrne was a young police officer killed while on the job in New York in the 1980s. In Illinois the grants will range from $3.1 million for Chicago to buy police cruisers and other equipment to just over $10,000 for Marion to buy in-car video systems. Other cities receiving grant money are Aurora, Bloomington, Champaign, Danville, Decatur, East St. Louis, Naperville, Peoria, Rockford, Springfield and Waukegan. 
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Today is Saturday, May 25, the 145th day of 2013. There are 220 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The annual review of the fire department of this city took placeyesterday and made a fine showing with machines and hose carts in tip-top order.
1888 -- 125 years ago: Last night's prayer meeting at Central Presbyterian Church wascalled off due to water in the basement, residue of last week's flood.
1913 -- 100 years ago: The junior class of Rock Island High School will hold a riverexcursion on the steamer St. Paul next Tuesday.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The 75th Anniversary of the Rock Island Arsenal today finds thenation's largest ordinance manufacturing plant filling many important orders for the army.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Miss Patrice Daly, Rock Island, a senior at Rock Island HighSchool, won second place in the recent state public speaking contest held in Peoria underthe auspices of the Knights of Pythias.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Hampton's sesquicentennial committee and the Hampton HistoricalSociety have scheduled a full slate of activities, which will be held throughout the year, to celebrate the village's 150th birthday. The first celebration will be the Memorial Dayprogram at 10 a.m. May 30, at the Brettun and Black Store Museum on River Road. Therewill be a sesquicentennial display.
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