Jake Griffin
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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...
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Pritzker reimposes statewide indoor mask mandate and vaccinations for several groupsAug 26, 2021 1:00 am - Less than three months after declaring the state fully reopened, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered a return to mask wearing indoors to counter two months of surging CO...
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Police: Glenview man abandoned SUV on tracks in front of oncoming trainAug 24, 2021 1:00 am - Des Plaines police say they arrested a Glenview man early Tuesday after he abandoned his SUV when it got stuck as he tried to drive across a Touhy Avenue rail crossing w...
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Edward-Elmhurst, Amita requiring COVID-19 employee vaccinationsAug 24, 2021 1:00 am - Two more suburban hospital systems are requiring workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Edward-Elmhurst Health and Amita Health are mandating the vaccine for a...
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Pritzker warns of 'significantly greater mitigations' as COVID-19 patients increaseAug 24, 2021 1:00 am - With more than 500 COVID-19 patients in intensive care throughout Illinois for the first time since April, Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned of imposing "significantly greater m...
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Cook County property tax bills in the mail this weekAug 23, 2021 1:00 am - Cook County property owners should be receiving the second installment of their annual property tax bills in the mail this week. The bills are due Oct. 1, after the Cook...
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Mask mandate inside suburban Cook County public places restarts MondayAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - Masks will once again be required at all indoor public settings in suburban Cook County starting Monday. And many Cook County employees will be required to be vaccinated...
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Illinois records highest single-day COVID-19 case total since JanuaryAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in a single day in Illinois reached 4,904 Friday, the highest since late January. COVID-19 hospitalizations also cleared a somb...
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COVID-19 update: 26,214 more shots, 14 more deaths, 3,180 new casesAug 19, 2021 1:00 am - As some immunocompromised Illinois residents are now getting a third booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, state health officials are reporting 26,214 more doses were ad...
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Dog rescued from house fire in SchaumburgAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - Schaumburg firefighters rescued a family's dog from a burning home on the 1200 block of Crest Court Tuesday evening. A village spokeswoman said no one was inside the two...