Jake Griffin
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ICU COVID-19 patients drop below 1,000 for first time this yearJan 21, 2022 12:00 am - The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care has dropped below 1,000 for the first time in 2022. Illinois Department of Public Health officials are reporting 972 of...
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Ambassador: Ukraine fights to be 'independent and Democratic'Jan 21, 2022 12:00 am - Under the heavy shadow of a potential war with neighboring Russia, the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States spent Sunday morning at a Bloomingdale church rememberin...
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No injuries in Addison house fire that caused $100,000 in damageJan 21, 2022 12:00 am - Addison Fire Protection District officials said a house that caught fire on Friday sustained $100,000 in damage. No injuries occurred in the blaze that was reported at 1...
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$42 million in new state COVID-19 grants go to small businesses in 162 suburbsJan 21, 2022 12:00 am - Nearly 1,100 small businesses in 162 suburbs received more than $42.2 million combined in grants from the state to help offset operational losses due to the COVID-19 pan...
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Wednesday night blaze destroys Addison home's garageJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - A late-night fire Wednesday destroyed the detached garage of an Addison home, but firefighters kept the blaze from spreading, allowing residents to return to the house. ...
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Suburban COVID-19 case positivity rates rapidly declineJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - Almost as rapidly as they climbed, suburban seven-day COVID-19 case positivity rates are falling. The combined seven-day case positivity rate for suburban Cook County al...
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Pritzker 'cautiously optimistic' about nearly 10% drop in COVID-19 hospitalizationsJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - COVID-19 hospitalizations continued their weeklong decline Wednesday, now down 9.8% from a week ago. Gov. J.B. Pritzker called the steady drop in patients over the past ...
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Illinois surpasses 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administeredJan 18, 2022 12:00 am - Hospitalizations for COVID-19 dropped over the holiday weekend, while Illinois vaccine providers have now administered more than 20 million doses to residents and worker...
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Peckish for poultry? Chicken chains battle it out in the suburbsJan 16, 2022 12:00 am - Why does someone in the suburbs cross the road? To get to the chicken restaurant on the other side. If you've got a hankerin' for poultry, there's a good chance you can ...
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Malfunctioning torch sparks Addison house fireJan 14, 2022 12:00 am - An Addison homeowner tried to extinguish a malfunctioning handheld gas torch in a basement toilet Thursday evening, sparking a fire that Addison Fire Protection District...