Jake Griffin
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COVID-19 hospitalizations still rising, but more slowlySep 07, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois continued to creep up over the weekend, climbing to 2,333 patients Tuesday, including 551 in intensive care, according to Illinois ...
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Fire leaves Wheaton home uninhabitableSep 03, 2021 1:00 am - An early morning house fire in Wheaton today caused no injuries, but rendered the home uninhabitable. Firefighters were called to the home on the 1800 block of Helen Cou...
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Suburban school COVID-19 outbreaks nearly triple this weekSep 03, 2021 1:00 am - Twenty-two more suburban schools reported COVID-19 outbreaks this week, nearly three times as many as a week ago. That's according to Illinois Department of Public Healt...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations climb to highest point since AprilSep 03, 2021 1:00 am - State health officials on Friday reported 2,286 COVID-19 patients are being treated in hospitals throughout Illinois, 551 of whom were in intensive care beds. The number...
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Residents displaced after Elgin apartment fireSep 01, 2021 1:00 am - No injuries were reported from an apartment fire in Elgin Tuesday morning that left 17 people without a home. The blaze was reported just after 10:30 a.m. on the 200 blo...
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Suburbs' share of state's COVID-19 deaths is shrinking as downstate bears the bruntSep 01, 2021 1:00 am - People living in the suburbs make up 44% of the state's population, but in August they accounted for just 26% of COVID-19 deaths in Illinois. That's the suburbs' smalle...
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Weekend COVID-19 hospitalizations stable, 38 more deaths reportedAug 30, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 hospitalizations were relatively stable over the weekend with 2,203 inpatients Monday, down slightly from 2,240 patients three days ago. Of those hospitalized w...
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Enforcing masks indoors: Businesses are off the hook this time. What will suburban police do?Aug 27, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois' mask mandate returns Monday with one big change for businesses: This time, they won't face fines if they fail to get scofflaw patrons to comply. "That's a sign...
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Suburban reaction to Pritzker's vaccination edict for schools? 'Big deal, we already did that'Aug 26, 2021 1:00 am - With 16 years of teaching science under his belt, Bob Holloway wasn't hesitant about getting a COVID-19 vaccine when it was offered last spring. To his delight, neither ...
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59 more COVID-19 deaths as Illinois surpasses 1.5 million infectionsAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - Deaths in Illinois from COVID-19 reached 59 Thursday, the highest in a single day since February, as rising case counts and hospitalizations led Gov. J.B. Pritzker to or...