Jake Griffin
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Cook County closes remaining mass vaccination sitesJul 21, 2021 1:00 am - The last three COVID-19 mass vaccination sites run by Cook County are now closed. That includes the county's busiest site in Des Plaines. Health officials there said the...
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Passerby alerts Schaumburg firefighters to blaze at businessJul 21, 2021 1:00 am - A building that houses a Schaumburg cabinetmaking outfit was rendered uninhabitable after a Tuesday evening fire. A passing motorist alerted authorities to the blaze jus...
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50% of Illinois residents now fully vaccinatedJul 20, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois hit another COVID-19 vaccination milestone Tuesday with more than 50% of the state's population now fully vaccinated, according to the Illinois Department of Pu...
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Illinois COVID-19 cases up nearly 200% in two weeksJul 19, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois is averaging almost 200% more new COVID-19 cases a day than just two weeks ago. New figures released Monday by the Illinois Department of Public Health show the...
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How much is Arlington Park really worth? Experts say it's more than what assessments sayJul 17, 2021 1:00 am - Conspicuously absent from a glossy 13-page marketing brochure created to lure potential buyers of the 326-acre Arlington International Racecourse site is a price tag. Th...
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Illinois has the 18th-highest jump in new cases in the nation this weekJul 16, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois recorded 67.2% more new COVID-19 cases this week than in the previous seven days, the 18th-highest weekly increase in the nation, according to figures updated F...
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How suburban hospitals are handling 'long-haul' COVID-19 patientsJul 13, 2021 5:30 am - It was hard enough for Alix Atwell when all four members of her family were stricken with COVID-19 more than a year ago, but the Barrington woman is also what physicians...
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Average daily COVID-19 case rate climbs over 400 in Illinois againJul 09, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois is averaging more than 400 daily new cases of COVID-19 this week for the first time in a month. With Illinois Department of Public Health officials reporting an...
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Four win in initial state lottery for COVID-19 vaccine recipientsJul 08, 2021 1:00 am - Getting a COVID-19 vaccine paid off for a million-dollar lottery winner in Chicago and for three $150,000 scholarship winners, one of them in the suburbs. The first four...
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Illinois hospitals report fewest COVID-19 ICU patients yetJul 08, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois hospitals are reporting the fewest COVID-19 patients in intensive care since state health officials began tracking that figure in early April 2020. According to...