Marni Pyke
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COVID-19 hospitalizations and cases are down, but blood donors neededJan 26, 2022 12:00 am - Average hospitalizations for COVID-19 decreased by 17% and new cases shrank by 52% compared to last week, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Wednesday. The...
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Irvin gets backing from GOP establishment for gubernatorial runJan 26, 2022 12:00 am - Republican gubernatorial candidate and Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin rolled out a list of familiar GOP names to serve as campaign advisers Wednesday, including House Republ...
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Vaccination rates in the suburbs for kids 5 to 11 among state's highest but inconsistentJan 25, 2022 12:00 am - COVID-19 vaccination rates for children ages 5 to 11 in the suburbs and Chicago are among the highest in the state, but significant gaps exist between counties, state da...
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Two gas stations, a 31-cent difference for a gallon of regular. What gives?Jan 24, 2022 4:30 am - Myriad factors impact how much a barrel of crude oil costs — refinery problems, pipeline breaches, foreign conflicts, pandemics and consumer demand, to name a few. But o...
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COVID-19 test chain did provide results in Illinois, but not in Minnesota, officials sayJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - Unlike its Minnesota counterpart, the Illinois Department of Public Health has received COVID-19 test results from a suburban company accused of mishandling crucial viru...
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State surpasses 30,000 COVID-19 deaths even as new cases, hospitalizations decreaseJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue a welcome downslide, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Monday. However, the state reached a sobering mile...
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Metra waiting for spring to expand schedules as COVID-19 discourages ridersJan 21, 2022 12:00 am - Metra will postpone adding more service until spring after the latest COVID-19 surge deflated ridership in January, officials said this week. "Ridership recently has ta...
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Limited 5G rollout eases flight concerns, but new wireless service near O'Hare is another matterJan 20, 2022 4:00 am - Airlines on Wednesday welcomed Verizon and AT&T's decision to delay debuting faster 5G wireless service near airports like O'Hare and Midway because of safety questions,...
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Toll amnesty that's brought an unexpected $15M so far is extended through JuneJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois tollway directors on Thursday extended an amnesty program, introduced a few months after the COVID-19 pandemic started, that forgives or reduces fees for violat...
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Why are there more fatal crashes when there's less traffic?Jan 17, 2022 4:30 am - It was troubling when deadly vehicle crashes rose by 16% in 2020 compared to 2019 even though COVID-19 decimated the number of cars on the roads. Now it's a trend, accor...