Articles filed under Illinois
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Some rural bankers worried drought will threaten operationsAug 19, 2021 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The economy continues to grow in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states , according to a new monthly survey of bankers in the region, but some ba...
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Woman weeps while testifying against R. Kelly about assaultAug 19, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A key accuser at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial returned to the witness stand on Thursday, weeping when a prosecutor asked her to read out loud from...
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COVID-19 update: 26,214 more shots, 14 more deaths, 3,180 new casesAug 19, 2021 1:00 am - As some immunocompromised Illinois residents are now getting a third booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, state health officials are reporting 26,214 more doses were ad...
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Lawmakers celebrate Illinois' role in distribution of penicillinAug 19, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers gathered Tuesday at the University of Illinois Springfield to designate a new state microbe and add agriculture sciences to the list of courses t...
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'Fire Pritzker' the rallying cry on Republican Day at state fairAug 19, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Republicans rallied at the Illinois State Fair on Thursday with their eyes firmly set on trying to regain control of Congress and winning back the governor...
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Timeline of R. Kelly's life, lurid rumor to criminal chargesAug 18, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - R. Kelly has long faced allegations of lurid sexual behavior and abuse, some of which have been made public through documentaries or court documents. The...
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Illinois businessman gets 4 years for $8M payroll tax schemeAug 18, 2021 7:00 am - TROY, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois business owner has been sentenced to four years in prison for withholding more than $8 million in payroll taxes from employee paych...
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State: 21 school districts on probation for not complying with mask mandateAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - Since last week, the Illinois State Board of Education has put 21 school districts on probation for flouting a universal mask mandate for students ordered by Gov. J.B. P...
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Illinois records most deaths in a day since May; breakthrough cases a quarter of week's deathsAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - State health officials reported 45 more COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, the most in a single day since mid-May. Additionally, new Illinois data on breakthrough hospitalizatio...
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State Democrats try to project picture of unityAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Ten months before Illinois' 2022 primary elections, Democrats from across the state descended on the capital city for the annual political events that coin...