Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois COVID-19 deaths up 22% over a month ago, but cases continue to declineMay 12, 2021 1:00 am - The number of Illinoisans dying of COVID-19 has increased 22.3% in recent weeks, but the trend is "not significant," the Illinois Department of Public Health reported. D...
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Missing Georgia woman' body found along So Illinois highwayMay 11, 2021 7:00 am - EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A woman whose body was found at a southern Illinois highway intersection had been reported missing from Georgia, and her husband remains missin...
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Special education, hair discrimination bills advance from Senate committeeMay 11, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Senate Education Committee advanced several bills Tuesday, including measures addressing special education, hairstyle discrimination and teaching Asian...
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'Shot and a beer' bill would allow free drink for the vaccinatedMay 11, 2021 1:00 am - Free booze with your COVID-19 vaccine? It soon could be possible in Illinois. Legislation filed by Riverside Democratic state Rep. Michael Zalewski would allow Illinois ...
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Illinois surpasses 10 million COVID-19 shots as daily vaccination tallies reboundMay 11, 2021 1:00 am - Illinois passed a COVID-19 vaccination milestone with more than 10 million doses having now gone into the arms of people throughout the state. Most inoculations have bee...
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Ex-Illinois secretary of state worker sentenced for fraudMay 10, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A former administrator with the Illinois Secretary of State's office has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding the state out of n...
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Korean War soldier's remains returned to Illinois home townMay 10, 2021 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. (AP) - The remains of U.S. Army Cpl. Asa E. Vance on Monday were brought to his family 70 years after he left Decatur, Illinois, to serve in the Korean War...
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ADM to build $350 million soybean plant in North DakotaMay 10, 2021 7:00 am - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Agribusiness conglomerate Archer Daniels Midland Co. on Monday announced that it will build a $350 million soybean crushing plant in North Dakota. ...
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3 men killed in explosion near Starved Rock identifiedMay 10, 2021 1:00 am - The three men who died after apparently igniting an explosive powder near Starved Rock State Park were relatives from Chicago, the LaSalle County coroner's office said M...
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Vaccine teams move to office buildings to make getting COVID-19 shots easierMay 10, 2021 1:00 am - Major commercial buildings, including an office building in Schaumburg, soon will have COVID-19 vaccination teams on site to offer free inoculations to workers and other...