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Rebuild of damaged Illinois covered bridge nears completionJul 16, 2020 7:00 am - LONG GROVE, Ill (AP) - Work is nearing completion on a $1 million project to rebuild a covered bridge in northern Illinois that was severely damaged two years ago by a d...
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Pandemic trip slowed by detours, dead ends, no rest stopsJul 16, 2020 5:40 am - "Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" We've been stuck in the back seat of this 2020 Pandemic for soooo loooong. We started our journey Jan. 24, when the Illinois Depart...
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Hearing in suit against stay-at-home order delayedJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A hearing in downstate Rep. Darren Bailey's lawsuit challenging the governor's authority to issue consecutive executive orders will not be held Friday as s...
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July 16 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 79,716 cases in the suburbs as of Thursday, 50.4% of the state's total, acco...
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1,257 new COVID-19 cases in Illinois, but with record test count, positivity rate dipsJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - Cases of COVID-19 climbed by 1,257 Thursday in Illinois, and 25 more people died from the respiratory disease, but the latest daily case count above 1,000 comes as the s...
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Governor hits road to push censusJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker encouraged Illinoisans to complete the 2020 census and touted a state investment in youth employment programs Thursday during two public...
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Indiana governor extending coronavirus limits as cases growJul 15, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's current limits on crowd sizes for restaurants, bars and public events will remain in place until at least the end of July as the state face...
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Mosquito batch in Chicago tests positive for West Nile virusJul 15, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Health officials in Chicago have confirmed the city's first West Nile virus-positive mosquito batch of the year. The city's Public Health department said...
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Locomotive company owner found dead in St. Louis-area poolJul 15, 2020 7:00 am - LADUE, Mo. (AP) - The St. Louis County medical examiner is determining the cause of death after the owner of an Illinois-based rail locomotive company was found dead in ...
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2nd man charged in July Fourth killing of Chicago girlJul 15, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A second man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl who was killed while celebrating the July Fourth holiday with her fam...