Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois reports 1,832 COVID-19 cases and 27 deathsAug 20, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday reported 1,832 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 27 deaths. The number of confirmed cases...
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Vehicles hit Illinois covered bridge twice after reopeningAug 20, 2020 7:00 am - LONG GROVE, Ill. (AP) - A covered bridge in northern Illinois has been damaged twice by vehicles within days of its reopening after a $1 million rebuild repaired severe ...
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Illinois Weekend DigestAug 20, 2020 7:00 am - AP-Illinois stories for the weekend of August 22-23. May be updated. Members using Exchange stories should retain the bylines and newspaper credit lines. If you have que...
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American Airlines will drop flights to 15 cities in OctoberAug 20, 2020 7:00 am - American Airlines will drop flights to 15 smaller U.S. cities in October when a federal requirement to serve those communities ends. The airline blamed low demand during...
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Illinois once again averaging 20 COVID-19 deaths per dayAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois is averaging 20 deaths a day during the past week from COVID-19, a figure the state hadn't reached in more than a month. State health officials announced Thursd...
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Iowa officials say 2nd person injured in boat crash has diedAug 19, 2020 7:00 am - LeCLAIRE, Iowa (AP) - A second person has died from injuries he received in an eastern Iowa boat crash on the Mississippi River, Iowa officials said Wednesday. Craig Ver...
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University of Illinois COVID-19 saliva test approved for use as 2,295 new cases reportedAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - A quick-result COVID-19 saliva test developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been granted emergency authorization and could help re...
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FDA grants emergency approval to U of I saliva test for COVID-19Aug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker touted a University of Illinois saliva test on Wednesday as a potential "game changer" in the fight against COVID-19. The test, which involves spittin...
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Douglas statue to be removed from Illinois Capitol lawnAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A statute of Stephen A. Douglas, a senator from Illinois whose national reputation in the mid-19th Century was built on the idea that each new U.S. territo...
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State awards $39.5M in infrastructure grantsAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity awarded $39.5 million in grants Wednesday for 27 capital improvement projects around the state...