Illinois
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Chicago orders business curfew amid 'second surge' of COVID-19
Oct 22, 2020 1:00 am - CHICAGO - Chicago businesses will have to close by 10 p.m. and residents are asked to limit gatherings to six people as the number of newly confirmed coronavirus cases a...
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Illinois starts planning for a COVID-19 vaccine as cases surgeOct 21, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - While battling a recalcitrant coronavirus pandemic, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday started laying plans for distributing a safe and effective vaccine. But...
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Pritzker renews call for more federal COVID-19 reliefOct 21, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday renewed his call for more federal aid for struggling state and local governments as well as small businesses, but talks in ...
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69 more die of COVID-19 in Illinois, most since mid-JuneOct 21, 2020 1:00 am - State health officials Wednesday reported 69 more Illinois residents have died from COVID-19, the highest single-day total the state has seen since mid-June. COVID-relat...
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Two more suspects charged in 2017 death of Davenport man
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'It is kind of a gut punch': Suburban counties face ban on indoor dining until COVID-19 test rates dropOct 20, 2020 1:00 am - DuPage, Kane, Kankakee and Will counties all face a ban on indoor service at restaurants and bars as well as other restrictions beginning Friday to stem a resurgence of ...
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COVID-19 case counts per county, ZIP code as of Oct. 20Oct 20, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive mapFind an interactive map where you can search counts by ZIP code at dailyherald.com. Suburbs' portion There have been 155,350 COVID-19 cases...
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Spring break canceled, spring semester delayed at University of Illinois
Oct 20, 2020 1:00 am - The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign announced this week it will cancel spring break while delaying the start of the spring semester next year due to COVID-19....
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Judge rules municipalities are exempt from Election Day 'holiday'Oct 19, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A Sangamon County judge has ruled local units of government are exempt from a law the General Assembly passed this year declaring the Nov. 3 general electi...
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Some suburban counties likely to face restrictions amid spike in COVID-19 infectionsOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - DuPage, Kane, Kankakee and Will counties are on the verge of having state-mandated restrictions imposed after their COVID-19 test positivity rates surpassed warning thre...