Articles filed under Illinois
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State sees 72 more COVID-19 deaths, poised for Phase 4 as GOP sues for unlimited group sizeJun 16, 2020 1:00 am - State health officials reported 72 additional deaths from COVID-19 Tuesday as well as another 623 infections from the disease. The uptick is common after weekends when a...
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Attorney General Raoul tests positive for COVID-19Jun 16, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced he has tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing symptoms over the weekend and taking a test Monday. Raoul received...
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New rules for firearms dealers finally approvedJun 16, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - New, permanent regulations that govern licensed firearms dealers in Illinois have finally been approved 18 months after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the bill ...
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Judge allows man accused of rape to be own lawyer at trialJun 15, 2020 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A Champaign County judge ruled Monday he will allow a former University of Illinois police officer accused of raping four women to proceed in his cas...
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Pen pal program forges connections beyond nursing homesJun 15, 2020 7:00 am - CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Rich Vanderweit saw the loneliness of older people in the COVID-19 pandemic, and he devised a modest effort to ease their isolation. Vanderweit, an ...
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June 15 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJun 15, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 68,297 cases in the suburbs, about 51% of the state's total, according to th...
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COVID-19 cases continue to decrease; UIC to test vaccineJun 15, 2020 1:00 am - The number of cases of COVID-19 rose by 473 Monday, continuing a downward trend, while deaths increased by 19, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced. That's...
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Southern Illinois towns are reckoning with racist pastJun 14, 2020 7:00 am - BENTON, Ill. (AP) - In 1995, the year after Gage Peach was born, his hometown of Benton was the site of a KKK rally on the square in front of the historical Franklin Cou...
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Officials: Illinoisans can preregister for license, ID needsJun 14, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois residents can preregister online when applying for a driver's license or identification card, Secretary of State Jesse White announced ...
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Grand Tower approves $100K loan to repair sinkholeJun 14, 2020 7:00 am - GRAND TOWER, Ill. (AP) - Grand Tower city leaders have approved a $100,000 emergency loan to repair a sinkhole that has been getting bigger and deeper since flooding ove...