Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois, regional economies shrink in first quarterJul 07, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois economy shrank at an annual rate of 5.4% during the first quarter of 2020 compared to the previous quarter, according to federal data released...
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After 50-plus years, restaurant at Catholic shrine closesJul 06, 2020 7:00 am - BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A restaurant has closed after more than 50 years at a popular Catholic site in southwestern Illinois. Management cited the impact of the coronavi...
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Lightning strikes, injures 2 men leaving Clearwater BeachJul 06, 2020 7:00 am - CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - Lightning struck two people on Sunday afternoon as a line of storms from the Gulf of Mexico moved onto Clearwater of Beach, police said. Gacek Ar...
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Illinois toddler killed by dog during July 4 partyJul 06, 2020 7:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois toddler was attacked and killed by at least one pit bull while in a playpen during a holiday party, police said Monday. The 17-month-old ...
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Payroll Protection Program recipients include thousands in IllinoisJul 06, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — The government on Monday identified roughly 650,000 mostly small businesses and nonprofits that received taxpayer money from a federal program that probably...
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Deputy majority leader in state House retiresJul 06, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - State Rep. Arthur Turner, a Chicago Democrat, has retired from the Illinois House. Turner, a deputy majority leader in the House, had served in the 9th Dis...
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Millikin's new president at home for career's final chaptersJul 05, 2020 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - Millikin University's new president, James Reynolds, did not grow up planning a career in academia. His original career plans was to be a scientific...
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13 Illinois 'Bomb Squad' gang members sentenced to prisonJul 05, 2020 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Thirteen members of a Peoria street gang known as the 'œBomb Squad'ť have been sentenced to prison terms for a racketeering conspiracy that included ...
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State reports six additional COVID-19 deaths, smallest daily total since MarchJul 05, 2020 1:00 am - State health authorities reported 639 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, along with six more deaths from the virus. That brings raises the state's total t...
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Founder of Edwardsville at the center of statue debateJul 04, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The figure at the center of a statue debate in the Metro East city of Edwardsville has a final resting place at Springfield's Oak Ridge Cemetery...