Jake Griffin
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Kitchen fire guts Oakbrook Terrace apartment unitMay 05, 2021 1:00 am - A kitchen fire in one of more than 50 units of an Oakbrook Terrace apartment complex gutted the unit and left two other units uninhabitable, fire officials said. No one ...
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From target shooting to museum passes: State plans to offer 'free stuff' for vaccinationsMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois officials are offering “incentives” to residents to get immunized against the coronavirus — starting at a downstate shooting facility where those who get COVID-...
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'This summer is going to be very different': Pritzker, Lightfoot expect full reopen this summerMay 04, 2021 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the state is on a "timeline" to reopen by the July 4 target set by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. The two were together Tuesday for a news confer...
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Return of smaller Chicago Auto Show in July touted as return to 'normalcy'May 04, 2021 1:00 am - A smaller, shorter and different-looking Chicago Auto Show is returning to McCormick Place this summer, officials announced Tuesday. Touted by both Chicago and state pol...
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DuPage expects to fully vaccinate 80% of residents by July 1Apr 30, 2021 1:00 am - DuPage County officials say they plan to have 80% of eligible residents fully vaccinated against COVID-19 within two months. The county already has a head start on the a...
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Nearly 1.9 million fully vaccinated in April, 672 more COVID-19 deathsApr 30, 2021 1:00 am - April has been pivotal for Illinois' fight against COVID-19, accounting for almost half of those now considered to be fully vaccinated. Nearly 1.9 million Illinois resi...
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South Elgin man gets 9-year prison sentence for having illegal firearmsApr 29, 2021 1:00 am - A 28-year-old South Elgin man was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to federal firearms charges late last year. Mario Prado was charged with illega...
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Could a vaccination passport program be coming to Illinois?Apr 29, 2021 1:00 am - Officials at the Illinois Department of Public Health said the agency is working on a program that would allow residents who are vaccinated against COVID-19 to show an e...
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Illinois surpasses 9 million vaccine shotsApr 28, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois vaccine providers have administered nearly 9.05 million shots against COVID-19 after giving 100,823 daily doses on average over the past week, state health offi...
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Illinois opioid deaths increased 32% in 2020Apr 26, 2021 1:00 am - Medical experts and addiction advocates were not surprised when opioid overdose deaths in Illinois increased by more than 32% in 2020. They were surprised it wasn't hig...