Articles filed under Illinois
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Closure continues for ferry linking Kentucky and IllinoisMar 31, 2020 7:00 am - MARION, Ky. (AP) - The Cave-in-Rock Ferry that links Kentucky and Illinois is expected to remain closed until sometime Wednesday, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet sai...
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Fraternity suspended for violating in-person activities banMar 31, 2020 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University has suspended the Delta Chi fraternity for violating the chancellor's order banning in-person activities to slow the...
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Unemployment agency sets up alphabetized schedule due to volumeMar 31, 2020 1:00 am - The state agency tasked with overseeing unemployment benefits is using an alphabetized schedule to handle "an unprecedented volume" of claims. Claims now must be filed o...
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Illinois man charged in killings of girlfriend, her daughterMar 30, 2020 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - An eastern Illinois man was charged Monday with murder for allegedly fatally shooting his live-in girlfriend and her adult daughter over the weekend,...
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SIU president can reimburse students for some costsMar 30, 2020 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Southern Illinois University's Board of Trustees voted Monday to give the school's president the authority to reimburse students for some costs a...
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Fair maps advocates hopeful with deadline looming for redistricting referendumMar 30, 2020 5:30 am - The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown uncertainty into lots of things, and a major one is the push for independent and transparent legislative redistricting in Illinois. The ...
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State announces 8 new deaths, 461 new coronavirus casesMar 30, 2020 1:00 am - An inmate at the Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill was one of the eight new coronavirus victims, Illinois Department of Public Health officials announced Mond...
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Shuttered Elgin hospital could reopen to treat coronavirus patientsMar 30, 2020 1:00 am - The former Sherman Hospital in Elgin will be reopened to potentially accommodate patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, state leaders said Monday. The 13.7-acre campus a...
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Most suburban GOP lawmakers endorse Pritzker's COVID-19 stay-at-home ruleMar 30, 2020 1:00 am - As Illinois hunkers down under a stay-at-home order from Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker to prevent spread of COVID-19, Republican President Donald Trump's messages are di...
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Illinois COVID-19 update: More than 1,100 new cases, 18 additional deathsMar 29, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois added 1,105 confirmed COVID-19 cases Sunday, more than twice the number of new cases Saturday, dramatically illustrating the virus' rapid and exponential spread...