Jake Griffin
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Suburban COVID-19 case positivity rate drops below 6%Feb 02, 2022 12:00 am - The collective seven-day case positivity rate for the suburbs has dropped below 6% for the first time since mid-December 2021. That metric is down from 12.1% a week ago,...
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Public health officials renew vaccination push as case surge wanesFeb 01, 2022 12:00 am - Public health officials are once again pushing for greater COVID-19 vaccine uptake as the surge in cases brought on by the omicron variant starts to diminish. Chicago De...
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Pritzker issues disaster declaration ahead of snowstorm that could drop a foot especially southFeb 01, 2022 12:00 am - Some southern parts of the suburbs can now expect more than a foot of snow from two weather systems expected to blow through the area Tuesday night through Thursday. In ...
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January ends as Illinois' second deadliest month of pandemicJan 31, 2022 12:00 am - Nearly 3,000 COVID-19 deaths were recorded in Illinois in January, making it the second-deadliest month the state has experienced during the pandemic. Illinois Departmen...
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Resident's quick action prevents Elk Grove Village garage fire from spreadingJan 31, 2022 12:00 am - Elk Grove Village fire officials said quick thinking by a resident who discovered a fire in a home's attached garage Sunday morning saved the house from extensive damage...
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Suburbs could see up to 8 inches of snow between Tuesday night and ThursdayJan 31, 2022 12:00 am - More than eight inches of snow is expected to fall in some areas of the suburbs between Tuesday evening and Thursday afternoon, according to forecasts from the National ...
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Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations down 26% from last weekJan 31, 2022 12:00 am - State health officials Monday reported 3,870 COVID-19 patients were being treated in hospitals throughout Illinois, a 26.1% decline from a week ago. Of those hospitalize...
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No injuries reported in Pingree Grove warehouse fireJan 26, 2022 12:00 am - A warehouse fire in Pingree Grove took more than six hours to extinguish due to the extreme cold and a ruptured gas meter that caught fire. Pingree Grove & Countryside F...
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Sure it's cold, but how does it stack up historically?Jan 26, 2022 12:00 am - Temperatures throughout the Chicago suburbs dipped to their lowest levels in almost a year early Wednesday, but the subzero weather is still warmer than the Chicago area...
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2 years ago, Illinois' first COVID-19 case was diagnosed. 2.8 million (and counting) followed.Jan 24, 2022 4:30 am - It's now been two years since the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in Illinois. A Chicago woman who had just returned from Wuhan, China, on Jan. 13, 2020, began exhi...