Articles filed under Illinois
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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of Dec. 29Dec 29, 2020 12:00 am - Interactive mapSuburbs' portion There have been 405,572 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 42.7% of the state's total, according to the Illi...
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State's COVID-19 positivity rate, hospitalizations climb againDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - The state's seven-day average COVID-19 case positivity rate increased for the second day in a row Tuesday, the first time that's happened since the beginning of the mont...
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Health officials say Illinois COVID-10 deaths tops 16,000Dec 28, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois' death toll due to the COVID-19 pandemic now tops 16,000 with the numbers released Monday by state public health officials. The Illino...
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2 dead after crash near WalcottDec 28, 2020 6:00 am - WALCOTT, Iowa (AP) - Two people are dead and another person is injured after a wrong-way, head-on crash on an eastern Iowa interstate highway. The accident happened late...
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Man charged in Rockford bowling alley shooting that killed 3Dec 28, 2020 12:00 am - ROCKFORD - A U.S. Army special forces sergeant based in Florida has been charged in an apparently random shooting at an Illinois bowling alley that left three people dea...
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Champaign attorney, 82, honored posthumously for careerDec 27, 2020 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois attorney has been posthumously honored by the Illinois State Bar Association. John Phipps was given the group's Medal of Merit...
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Illinois reports 104 new COVID-19 deaths, total now 15,969Dec 27, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois public health officials on Sunday reported 3,767 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in the state, including 104 confirmed dea...
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Woman dies in Illinois house fireDec 27, 2020 6:00 am - GENESEO, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a woman was found dead in a burning house in Illinois on Christmas. The Muscatine Journal reports that firefighters and officers w...
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Illinois panel recommends taller wind turbines amid concernsDec 26, 2020 6:00 am - MONTICELLO, Ill. (AP) - A county board in central Illinois will decide next month whether to approve taller wind turbines despite some residents' concerns that the lofti...
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The Latest: Japan sharply tightens ban on foreign visitorsDec 26, 2020 6:00 am - TOKYO - Japan's government will temporarily ban entry of all nonresident foreign nationals as a precaution against a new and potentially more contagious coronavirus vari...