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Chicago Marathon canceled due to pandemicJul 13, 2020 1:00 am - The Chicago Marathon is taking a hiatus. The city of Chicago said Monday it has canceled the race and all related weekend activities. “While we'd hoped to once again lin...
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Suspended trials create backlog in Vanderburgh County courtsJul 12, 2020 7:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Jury trials being suspended since mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic means a backlog of cases, including in southwestern Indiana. Current...
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Murphysboro mayor hopes to rename park after 'trailblazer'Jul 12, 2020 7:00 am - MURPHYSBORO, Ill (AP) - Will Stephens has wanted to rename Town Center Park for nearly five years, but he's never been able to settle on who it should be named after. He...
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Parts of Cold War 'Flying Boxcar' arrive at Indiana museumJul 12, 2020 7:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) - The final pieces of a C-119 'œFlying Boxcar'ť aircraft purchased by the Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum have made it to Columbus, the culmination of ...
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Bond with horse helps woman through transplant, amputationJul 12, 2020 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - She fell in love with him when they first began riding. Mary Ann Hope, 73, has been riding Flash for more than eight years now. He's a 28-year-o...
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10-4, good buddy: Truckers honor driver with brain cancerJul 12, 2020 7:00 am - SOUTH WHITLEY, Ind. (AP) - Semi-trucks, motorcycles and classic cars rolled through a rural area in northern Indiana to honor a fellow trucker who is dying from brain ca...
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Community college seeks help with children's face masksJul 12, 2020 7:00 am - DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A Danville Area Community College dean is appealing to the public for help making cloth face masks that will prepare children at a neighboring elem...
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Pritzker urges use of face coverings as state reports 954 more COVID-19 casesJul 12, 2020 1:00 am - State health officials reported another 954 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, as well as another 20 deaths from the virus. The report ends a run of three consecutiv...
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July 12 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJul 12, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 78,079 cases in the suburbs as of Sunday, 51% of the state's total, accordin...
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Community gardens help to feed food insecure during pandemicJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Sharrona Moore makes a promise every year: to donate half of what her garden grows. But it's not really her garden, it's the community's garden. Moo...