Articles filed under Illinois
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Woman slips, falls into Illinois creek after crash, diesFeb 16, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois woman who was found dead last week near a creek succumbed to exposure after she fell down an embankment following a car accide...
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Central Illinois village disbands police departmentFeb 16, 2021 6:00 am - WASHBURN, Ill. (AP) - The central Illinois village of Washburn has disbanded its police department, with officials citing a lack of qualified part-time police help and a...
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COVID-19 update: Average daily cases down by more than half this month; new vaccine delay?Feb 16, 2021 12:00 am - The daily average of new COVID-19 cases has dropped by more than half in February so far compared to January's, a positive trend given the erratic supply of vaccines in ...
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Pritzker issues statewide disaster proclamation amid winter stormsFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Dangerous subzero temperatures and massive snow accumulation across Illinois prompted Gov. J.B. Pritzker to issue a disaster proclamation for the entire st...
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Suburban Democrats eye education funding ahead of Pritzker budget proposalFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - Suburban lawmakers are already picking sides ahead of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget address Wednesday where it is expected he will outline a budget proposal that includes ...
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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of Feb. 16Feb 16, 2021 12:00 am - Interactive map There have been 496,064 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's almost 42.6% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Depar...
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Census delay creates redistricting uncertaintyFeb 16, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers are required to draw new legislative and congressional district maps this year, but that process may be thrown into chaos because of del...
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The superspreaders behind top COVID-19 conspiracy theoriesFeb 15, 2021 6:00 am - As the coronavirus spread across the globe, so too did speculation about its origins. Perhaps the virus escaped from a lab. Maybe it was engineered as a bioweapon. Legit...
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Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID, China took leading roleFeb 15, 2021 6:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - The rumors began almost as soon as the disease itself. Claims that a foreign adversary had unleashed a bioweapon emerged at the fringes of Chinese social...
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First slave freed by Lincoln buried under Peoria pavementFeb 14, 2021 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - If the world were just, the name of Nance Legins-Costley would resonate amid the likes of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass and other abolitionist r...