Articles filed under Illinois
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Pritzker compromise would give teachers extra sick leave for COVID-19 - if they are vaccinatedJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker vetoed a bill Monday that would have required COVID-19 related paid leave for teachers and staff at public schools and universities in favor of a new ...
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Illinois group knits, crochets, sews, quilts for charitiesJan 23, 2022 6:00 am - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - In front of the TV. In waiting rooms. On planes. A group of women in Lake County has spent countless hours knitting, crocheting and, more...
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Flags lowered to honor slain Illinois child welfare workerJan 22, 2022 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Flags at Illinois state office buildings were lowered for three days to honor a child welfare worker who was stabbed to death this month. Gov....
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Constable: Blizzard? Prairie fires once were 'demons' in what's now the suburbsJan 22, 2022 12:00 am - We suburbanites complain about the cold and snow. We're a few months away from griping about the heat and humidity. We dread droughts, fear floods, carp about coyotes, a...
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Mix-up leads to switched verdict in Illinois murder trialJan 21, 2022 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A jury's paperwork mix-up resulted in a central Illinois judge announcing a not guilty verdict in a murder trial, only to inform the defendant minute...
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ICU COVID-19 patients drop below 1,000 for first time this yearJan 21, 2022 12:00 am - The number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care has dropped below 1,000 for the first time in 2022. Illinois Department of Public Health officials are reporting 972 of...
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Louis Vuitton stages Virgil Abloh swansong in ParisJan 20, 2022 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Louis Vuitton pulled out the stops Thursday to present the final collection of Virgil Abloh, the house's first African-American creative director who died i...
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Rittenhouse seeks return of gun used during Kenosha protestJan 20, 2022 6:00 am - KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois man acquitted of fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during street protests in Kenosha in 2020, is seeking ...
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Next phase of construction along I-80 to beginJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday announced the beginning of the next phase of construction along the Interstate 80 corridor that will modernize Houbolt Road ...
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Suburban COVID-19 case positivity rates rapidly declineJan 20, 2022 12:00 am - Almost as rapidly as they climbed, suburban seven-day COVID-19 case positivity rates are falling. The combined seven-day case positivity rate for suburban Cook County al...