Articles filed under Illinois
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Former state legislator admits to tax evasionDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - Former state Rep. Edward "Eddie" Acevedo pleaded guilty to tax evasion Tuesday, having been caught up in the yearslong federal investigation revolving around former Hous...
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New law provides midwives with a path to state licenseDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - Colleen Marotta has delivered hundreds of babies. Marotta, 43, of Arlington Heights, became a nurse in 2001. Ten years later, she became a certified professional midwife...
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Lawmakers concerned about plan to increase frequency of standardized testsDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - Thirty-seven Illinois state lawmakers are asking the state education board to apply due diligence before voting on a new, multimillion-dollar standardized testing system...
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Illinois COVID hospitalizations up 20% from week agoDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - State health officials Tuesday reported 3,628 COVID-19 patients were being treated at hospitals throughout Illinois. That's up 20% from a week ago and is 115 more patien...
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FBI offers $10K for information in ISU grad student's deathDec 13, 2021 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - The FBI is offering up to a $10,000 reward for information on the final hours of an Illinois State University graduate student who disappeared i...
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Amid tension, Southern Baptist women lead where they canDec 13, 2021 6:00 am - Jacki King, the women's minister at Second Baptist Church in Conway, Arkansas, first felt a call to ministry as a college student. She decided to follow it, giving up h...
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Farmer rescued after falling into corn up to chest in binDec 13, 2021 6:00 am - MOUNT AUBURN, Ill. (AP) - A farmer was rescued Monday after falling into a grain bin in central Illinois, authorities said. The farmer was conscious and talking to sheri...
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AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. ESTDec 13, 2021 6:00 am - One year of vaccines: Many lives saved, many needlessly lost One year ago, the biggest vaccination drive in American history began with a flush of excitement in an other...
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Hospitalizations continue to rise because of the unvaccinated, state health officials sayDec 13, 2021 12:00 am - COVID-19 hospitalizations in Illinois are back above 3,500 for the first time in 11 months, and health officials are placing the blame largely on the unvaccinated. Advoc...
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Flag law change a mission accomplished for former Vernon Hills village trusteeDec 13, 2021 12:00 am - An amendment to the Flag Display Act signed Friday by Gov. J.B. Pritzker is a mission accomplished for an Army veteran who is a former Vernon Hills trustee. The change w...