Articles filed under Illinois
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Lessons from COVID-19 pandemic teaching educators tooNov 22, 2020 6:00 am - QUINCY, Ill. (AP) - Lincoln-Douglas third-graders Emma Smith and Alaina Nichols sat at their table, brainstorming ideas about a Thanksgiving parade float for a writing a...
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Hundreds of cities still eligible for COVID-19 relief moneyNov 22, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration is reminding local government officials of a Dec. 1 deadline to submit applications for federal relief from ...
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Another 10,012 COVID-19 cases, but positivity rate dips againNov 22, 2020 12:00 am - State health authorities reported another 10,012 new confirmed or probable COVID-19 infections on Sunday, the 16th time this month the case total has eclipsed 10,000. Th...
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COVID-19 case counts per county, ZIP code as of Nov. 20Nov 21, 2020 12:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion There have been 274,809 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's 43.3% of the state's total, according to the Illi...
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State reports 127 more COVID-19 deaths, 11,891 more positive testsNov 21, 2020 12:00 am - While the state reported high COVID-19 case and death numbers again on Saturday, there were small signs that the current surge in cases may have peaked. The Illinois Dep...
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Illinois boy, 13, gets 7-year juvenile sentence for theftsNov 20, 2020 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A 13-year-old central Illinois boy who admitted stealing five vehicles earlier this year has been sentenced to seven years in juvenile prison after a...
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Alabama man arrested in 1987 killing of Rockford woman, 19Nov 20, 2020 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - An Alabama man has been arrested in the 1987 killing of a 19-year-old northern Illinois woman following his indictment by a grand jury on first-deg...
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Illinois city loses appeal over tickets, police performanceNov 20, 2020 6:00 am - SPARTA, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois city acted illegally when it evaluated police officers partly by their number of tickets, the state Supreme Court said. The court...
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Illinois State University president plans to retire in JuneNov 20, 2020 6:00 am - NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Illinois State University President Larry Dietz announced Friday that he plans to retire next summer after more than six years as the school's leader...
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COVID-19 infections in children, teens more than double in last monthNov 20, 2020 12:00 am - COVID-19 infections in children and teens more than doubled in a month, state data showed Friday, as new cases of the virus reached 13,012 with 126 more deaths. The stat...