Jake Griffin
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COVID-19 update: Most suburbs at high risk, hospitalizations still climbingMay 27, 2022 1:00 am - Much of the suburbs and the city of Chicago are now at high-risk COVID-19 community levels, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control a...
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5 injured, 36 units left uninhabitable after Park Ridge condo fireMay 25, 2022 1:00 am - A late-night fire that swept through the roof of a three-story, 36-unit condominium complex in Park Ridge Tuesday injured five people and left the entire building uninha...
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Gamblers' sports betting losses generate $122 million for Illinois in two yearsMay 21, 2022 1:00 am - Since Illinois sportsbooks began taking bets in March 2020, gamblers have lost more than $812 million wagering on various games, matches, tournaments and races. But the ...
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'We're not giving up' on Illinois, ex-Trump aide Flynn says in Niles event for GOP candidatesMay 20, 2022 1:00 am - Controversial former Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about former President Donald Trump's dealings with Russia and was pardoned by T...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations up nearly 87% from one month ago, back over 1,000May 20, 2022 1:00 am - Illinois hospitals are now treating 1,060 COVID-19 patients, 116 of whom are in intensive care. That's the highest number of COVID-19 patients in ICU beds in more than t...
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Curfew times throughout suburbs largely identicalMay 16, 2022 1:00 am - Chicago officials are cracking down on late-night teenage rowdiness downtown by instituting a 10 p.m. curfew on Fridays and Saturdays to match one already in place for t...
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Down but dangerous: Illinois sees drop in structure fires, but not in the harm they can doMay 14, 2022 1:00 am - Firefighters in Illinois handled nearly 37% fewer structure fires in 2021 than just 10 years before, but suburban fire chiefs say the dangers posed by these blazes are m...
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COVID-19 hospitalizations up 12.5% this week, 45 more deathsMay 13, 2022 1:00 am - State health officials are reporting COVID-19 hospitalizations are above 900 again for the first time since March 1. Illinois Department of Public Health records release...
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Controversial red-light cameras in Oakbrook Terrace ordered offMay 13, 2022 1:00 am - The state has ordered Oakbrook Terrace officials to turn off a set of controversial red-light cameras that generates millions of dollars in fines for the city each year....
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Aurora man accused of heading up 'open-air drug market' on Chicago's West SideMay 12, 2022 1:00 am - Federal prosecutors say an Aurora man was the ringleader of a now-dismantled "open-air drug market" operated by gang members on Chicago's West Side. Nathaniel Evans, 38,...