Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois COVID-19 update: Daily fatalities lowest in monthsMar 08, 2021 12:00 am - Illinois hit a single-day low for COVID-19 fatalities not seen since September with five more deaths from the respiratory disease, the Illinois Department of Public Heal...
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Illinois reports 1,068 new COVID-19 cases, and 14 new deathsMar 07, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois public health officials on Sunday reported 1,068 new COVID-19 cases in the state, including 14 additional deaths. The Illinois Departm...
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Study of Black history deepens for central Illinois studentsMar 07, 2021 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - This year's Black History Month was about more than making posters and studying the Rev. Martin Luther King's 'œI Have a Dream'ť speech in schoo...
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Illinois offers webinars in March on using ladders safelyMar 07, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Labor wants to decrease the number of ladder-related injuries and deaths through education during March, 'œNational L...
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Why it will be harder for suburban residents to get vaccinated at United CenterMar 07, 2021 12:00 am - State and federal authorities announced changes Sunday making it more difficult for some suburban residents — and impossible for others — to get an appointment for a sho...
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Hospital marks year as southern Illinois' lone trauma centerMar 06, 2021 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Fifteen months after receiving official designation as a Level II trauma center, emergency department staff at SIH Memorial Hospital and the enti...
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COVID-19 shots set another record, but all other state metrics look worseMar 06, 2021 12:00 am - The number of doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered Friday climbed again to a new record in Illinois, but all the other metrics were worse than the day before, when cas...
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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of March 5Mar 06, 2021 12:00 am - There have been 509,575 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's almost 42.7% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Ther...
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Suburban Democrats view Kelly's party chair victory as a win for suburbsMar 05, 2021 12:00 am - Suburban Democrats are viewing U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly's narrow election over Chicago Alderwoman Michelle Harris to lead the Democratic Party of Illinois as a win for the ...
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Second man charged in deaths of northern Illinois coupleMar 04, 2021 6:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill (AP) - A northern Illinois man arrested Wednesday in connection with an armed robbery in Gurnee has been charged with first-degree murder in the December d...