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Chicago police reports increase in murders compared to 2019Apr 01, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago saw an increase in murders and shootings for the first three months of 2020, compared to the same period last year, the city's police department r...
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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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Chicago cops restrict access to 4 blocks to bar drug tradeMar 31, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police have started checking the identities of people attempting to enter four blocks on the city's West Side to discourage gatherings of gang mem...
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Investigators: Western Indiana fire intentionally setMar 31, 2020 7:00 am - SULLIVAN, Ind. (AP) - A fire that destroyed a historic western Indiana building may have been intentionally set, investigators say. The fire in the two-story commercial ...
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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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Aurora police chief a finalist to lead Chicago forceMar 31, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago's next police superintendent will be either the woman running the Aurora Police Department or one of two men: the retired Dallas police chief or a fast-rising Ch...
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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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Overnight fire destroys building in western Indiana cityMar 30, 2020 7:00 am - SULLIVAN, Ind. (AP) - An overnight fire destroyed a building in a western Indiana city, gutting the structure that's adjacent to the community's fire headquarters and ci...