Jake Griffin
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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,...
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Roselle house fire causes $125,000 in damageMay 11, 2022 1:00 am - A late-night fire at a home on the 400 block of Locust Lane in Roselle Monday caused an estimated $125,000 in damage, but no injuries were reported. Roselle Fire Departm...
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Abortions in the suburbs have been declining in recent years, rising downstateMay 06, 2022 1:00 am - After peaking at 15,228 in 2018, the number of suburban residents receiving an abortion in Illinois declined in each of the two years that followed. By 2020, 12.1% fewer...
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Abortions for out-of-state women are climbing in Illinois - and that's sure to growMay 04, 2022 1:00 am - As abortion access elsewhere has become more restrictive, Illinois providers have seen a dramatic rise in residents from neighboring states seeking the procedure here. I...
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House fire leaves one home uninhabitable, damages neighboring houseMay 03, 2022 1:00 am - No one was injured in a late Monday fire in McHenry that left one home uninhabitable and damaged a neighboring house. McHenry Township Fire Protection District officials...
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Not the wettest April ever, but we got more rain than normalMay 02, 2022 1:00 am - One big April shower on the month's last day dumped 1½ inches of rainfall on the Chicago area, bringing the region's total amount of precipitation last month to 5.31 inc...