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After one year, how are the suburbs and Illinois doing in vaccinations?Dec 15, 2021 12:00 am - It's been one full year since the first COVID-19 vaccine inoculation was recorded in Illinois. In that time, 8,025,629 residents have been fully vaccinated, according to...
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Special prosecutor wants full report on Smollett case releasedDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - Less than a week after securing guilty verdicts against Jussie Smollett, Special Prosecutor Dan Webb Wednesday called for the release of his full report into the controv...
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Omicron variant confirmed in suburban Cook County residentDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - Cook County Department of Public Health officials announced the omicron variant has been diagnosed in at least one person recently infected with COVID-19, and they are a...
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Chicago OKs $2.9 million settlement for victim of botched police raidDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot has acknowledged that "a lot of trust in me" has been "breached" by her Law Department's efforts to conceal video of the botched February 2019 raid ...
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Lawmakers push for nursing home reforms this springDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Several Illinois lawmakers said this week they are determined to pass a bill in the spring that would overhaul the way nursing homes are paid through the s...
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Buyer lined up for James R. Thompson CenterDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Plans are moving ahead for the sale of the James R. Thompson Center at 100 W. Randolph St. in Chicago. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced on Wednesday plans to e...
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Watch the magic unfold during various Chicago-area performances of 'The Nutcracker'Dec 14, 2021 10:00 pm - Watch the magic unfold during various Chicago-area performances of 'The Nutcracker'
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Zoo's 3 surviving penguins improve after deaths of 6 othersDec 14, 2021 6:00 am - LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A northwest Indiana zoo's three surviving penguins are gaining weight and improving weeks after avian malaria killed the zoo's six other penguins,...
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All Indiana counties getting part of $500M regional grantsDec 14, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - All 92 Indiana counties will get a piece of the $500 million in regional development grants being handed out by state officials, an economic developm...
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State agency aiding SW Indiana county amid syphilis outbreakDec 14, 2021 6:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Health officials in a southwestern Indiana county have turned to the state for help as they battle a worsening syphilis outbreak that began last ...