Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois man sentenced to 18 years after fleeing hit-and-runAug 21, 2020 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A Champaign man who drove into a crowd of people and fled the scene has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Derek Overton was sentenced Thursday fo...
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Teen convicted of fatally shooting 2 near Bradley UniversityAug 21, 2020 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois teenager has been convicted in a 2018 shooting that killed two people and wounded a third at a fraternity party near the Bradley U...
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Fewer COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care facilities this weekAug 21, 2020 1:00 am - Long-term care facilities throughout Illinois and parts of the suburbs are reporting fewer active COVID-19 outbreaks this week. Illinois Department of Public Health reco...
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Senate GOP demands governor open unemployment officesAug 21, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Ten "frustrated" Republican senators demanded Gov. J.B. Pritzker allow state offices tasked with processing unemployment claims to reopen in a letter sent ...
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State making final push to increase census participationAug 21, 2020 1:00 am - By RAYMON TRONCOSO Capitol News Illinois rtroncoso@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Human Services said the state is poised to have one o...
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Illinois reports 1,832 COVID-19 cases and 27 deathsAug 20, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday reported 1,832 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 27 deaths. The number of confirmed cases...
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Vehicles hit Illinois covered bridge twice after reopeningAug 20, 2020 7:00 am - LONG GROVE, Ill. (AP) - A covered bridge in northern Illinois has been damaged twice by vehicles within days of its reopening after a $1 million rebuild repaired severe ...
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Illinois Weekend DigestAug 20, 2020 7:00 am - AP-Illinois stories for the weekend of August 22-23. May be updated. Members using Exchange stories should retain the bylines and newspaper credit lines. If you have que...
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American Airlines will drop flights to 15 cities in OctoberAug 20, 2020 7:00 am - American Airlines will drop flights to 15 smaller U.S. cities in October when a federal requirement to serve those communities ends. The airline blamed low demand during...
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Illinois once again averaging 20 COVID-19 deaths per dayAug 20, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois is averaging 20 deaths a day during the past week from COVID-19, a figure the state hadn't reached in more than a month. State health officials announced Thursd...