Articles filed under Illinois
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Why Buffalo Grove isn't joining other suburbs' efforts to alter Pritzker planMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - Citing concerns that it could pit one part of the village against the other, the Buffalo Grove village board decided Monday not to take action on a resolution urging Gov...
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Outbreak 'falling from our peak' as Pritzker touts per capita testing rateMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois is now leading the nation's most populated states in per capita COVID-19 testing, Gov. J.B. Pritzker reported Tuesday during his daily briefing. "Over the last ...
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Heavy rains, flooding, possible tornadoes hit Chicago areaMay 18, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Showers and thunderstorms dumped heavy rainfall across the Chicago area, swamping streets with floodwaters that knocked out power overnight to the 110-sto...
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State unemployment agency confirms data breachMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Employment Security has confirmed that a new online portal that processes claims for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance br...
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Illinois Supreme Court officially disbars BlagojevichMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - The Illinois Supreme Court on Monday officially disbarred disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, citing "numerous criminal acts" he committed during his time as the stat...
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Towboat workers on Illinois River practice social distancingMay 17, 2020 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - As a towboat approaches a Lacon grain terminal Wednesday, the boat's captain, Russ Edwards, alone in the pilothouse, scales back the power to the 460...
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Hiring minorities a Bloomington-Normal police priorityMay 17, 2020 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - It's been almost six years since a police shooting lit race riots in Ferguson, Mo., and sparked nationwide protests and discussions about the la...
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State reports 1,734 new COVID-19 cases, 51 additional deathsMay 17, 2020 1:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Sunday that 1,734 additional COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the state and 51 more people have died from the cor...
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May 17 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeMay 17, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Since the outbreak began, there have been 47,593 cases of COVID-19 in the suburbs, about 51% of the state's total, according to the Illinois ...
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Man walking on Illinois interstate dies after truck hits himMay 16, 2020 7:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A 62-year-old man died after being struck by a truck as he walked on an Illinois interstate on Friday, State Police said. The Belleville News-Dem...