Jake Griffin
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What our wastewater can tell us about COVID-19 ratesApr 09, 2022 1:00 am - Each week, gallons of wastewater sewage arrive in Rachel Poretsky's lab at the University of Illinois-Chicago. It's not part of some long-running collegiate prank; it's ...
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Firefighters rescue resident from burning Northbrook homeApr 08, 2022 1:00 am - Northbrook firefighters rescued a disabled resident from inside a burning house early Friday after a fire escaped the home's fireplace and spread inside the walls. Firef...
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We didn't break any records, but the suburbs had a wetter March than we're used toApr 06, 2022 1:00 am - The Chicago area saw more than an inch of extra precipitation in March than what the region has averaged over the past 152 years. That's according to meteorologists at t...
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Villa Park man gets 9 years in Chicago shootingApr 06, 2022 1:00 am - A 36-year-old Villa Park man who pleaded guilty last year to firing a gun at a man in a Chicago alley in 2019 was sentenced to nine years in federal prison. The sentenc...
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Saturday snow? Forecasts say it's possibleApr 01, 2022 1:00 am - A narrow band of sloppy, wet snow could develop as part of a strong storm system expected to arrive in the area Saturday morning and last through noon. Meteorologists at...
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COVID-19 update: Hospitalizations up 6.3% from last weekApr 01, 2022 1:00 am - After seeing a steady decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations for the past several weeks, Illinois Department of Public Health officials reported today that the number of p...
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Who's eligible and when to get second COVID-19 booster shotMar 30, 2022 1:00 am - With an omicron subvariant taking a greater foothold nationwide, federal regulators have approved a second COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for all Americans 50 and older. ...
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Kane County deputies, ComEd worker save man from burning carMar 30, 2022 1:00 am - Two Kane County sheriff's deputies and a ComEd worker ending a 16-hour shift are being credited with saving a driver from the wreckage of a burning car Tuesday night. Ka...
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Former Daily Herald executive named Carnegie Hero after saving childrenMar 29, 2022 1:00 am - A year to the day that former Daily Herald Media Group Vice President of Sales and Digital Strategies Pete Rosengren died saving children from a dangerous rip current wh...
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Bartlett warehouse fire took 6 days to put out, and officials still don't know what sparked itMar 26, 2022 1:00 am - It was the sound that made Bartlett Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Brian Becker stop in his tracks. But he wouldn't be stationary for long. "I had made it within ...