Jake Griffin
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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...
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Coldest temperatures of the winter could hit suburbs this weekJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - Meteorologists at the Chicago office of the National Weather Service are forecasting falling temperatures that could have wind chills dropping to as low as 25 below zero...
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Unoccupied Addison house damaged in fireJan 22, 2022 12:00 am - A single-family home in Addison undergoing a conversion into apartments suffered an estimated $20,000 in damage from a fire Thursday night. Addison Fire Protection Distr...
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ICU COVID-19 patients drop below 1,000 for first time this yearJan 21, 2022 12:00 am - The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care has dropped below 1,000 for the first time in 2022. Illinois Department of Public Health officials are reporting 972 of...
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Ambassador: Ukraine fights to be 'independent and Democratic'Jan 21, 2022 12:00 am - Under the heavy shadow of a potential war with neighboring Russia, the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States spent Sunday morning at a Bloomingdale church rememberin...
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No injuries in Addison house fire that caused $100,000 in damageJan 21, 2022 12:00 am - Addison Fire Protection District officials said a house that caught fire on Friday sustained $100,000 in damage. No injuries occurred in the blaze that was reported at 1...
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$42 million in new state COVID-19 grants go to small businesses in 162 suburbsJan 21, 2022 12:00 am - Nearly 1,100 small businesses in 162 suburbs received more than $42.2 million combined in grants from the state to help offset operational losses due to the COVID-19 pan...