Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois COVID-19 update: Indoor dining in suburban Cook County to be suspendedOct 26, 2020 1:00 am - Indoor dining at suburban Cook County restaurants and bars will be suspended effective Wednesday as the region joins a spiraling list of locations across Illinois where ...
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Authorities: 3 teenagers dead in southern Illinois car crashOct 25, 2020 7:00 am - Three teenagers died and three others were injured in a car crash early Sunday in southern Illinois, according to Illinois State Police. The crash happened just before ...
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AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDTOct 25, 2020 7:00 am - Trump aide says 'we're not going to control the pandemic' LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) - The coronavirus has reached into the heart of the White House once more, little more t...
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Illinois woman, 99, has voted every election since 1944Oct 25, 2020 7:00 am - PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - A 99-year-old central Illinois woman has voted in every presidential election since 1944, casting her latest ballot on Friday. Harriet Harris of Peki...
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SIU seeks southern Illinois students to boost enrollmentOct 25, 2020 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Austin Lane, who joined Southern Illinois University as chancellor of its Carbondale campus in July, said he noticed one glaringly obvious proble...
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Carlinville city council to choose acting mayorOct 25, 2020 7:00 am - CARLINVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Carlinville officials will choose an acting leader this week after the central Illinois city's mayor died this month. The (Springfield) State J...
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Medical professionals push back after Trump says COVID-19 cases are inflated to 'get more money'Oct 25, 2020 1:00 am - Medical professionals are on the defensive after President Donald Trump accused “doctors and hospitals” of inflating COVID-19 patient counts to “get more money” during a...
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Lawmakers push to reform state's bail systemOct 24, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Some state lawmakers are looking to reform the cash bail system in Illinois, mainly by ending the use of money bonds as a factor in preventing a suspect's ...
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Complaint: Jewish students at U of I endure 'unrelenting campaign' of harassmentOct 23, 2020 1:00 am - Jewish students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have endured "an unrelenting campaign of anti-Semitic harassment," according to a complaint filed with ...
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Illinois infection rate dips slightly for first time in 3 weeksOct 23, 2020 1:00 am - The state's COVID-19 infection rate dipped slightly to 5.6% on Friday. The decline, though small, was the first time the state's seven-day average infection rate has dro...