Articles filed under Illinois
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Illinois school district says no pajamas for online classesAug 09, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The school district in Illinois' capital city has updated its school dress code policy for remote learning, saying students can't wear pajama pa...
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Illinois woman celebrates 95th birthday by doing for othersAug 09, 2020 7:00 am - GENESEO, Ill. (AP) - Although the current COVID-19 pandemic has kept Norma Lodge sheltering in place, she still managed to celebrate her 95th birthday and keep busy in d...
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Cave-In-Rock has evolved from pirate hideout to picnic spotAug 09, 2020 7:00 am - CAVE-IN-ROCK, Ill. (AP) - What a difference a couple of centuries can make. Today, several hundred thousand tourists a year flock to the tiny Ohio River village of Cave-...
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Gov. Pritzker pushes mask compliance as Illinois announces 1,382 new virus casesAug 09, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker Sunday urged a committee of legislators to approve proposed Illinois Department of Public Health rules to bring businesses into compliance if they are...
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Aug. 9 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeAug 09, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 94,658 cases in the suburbs as of Sunday. That's 49% of the state's total, acc...
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Museum showcases local history with kitchen thingsAug 08, 2020 7:00 am - TREMONT, Ill. (AP) - Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the Tremont Museum and Historical Society's Apron Strings and Kitchen Things exhibit is that it makes local hi...
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Blooms unfold at southern Illinois farm's sunflower mazeAug 08, 2020 7:00 am - PARIS, Ill. (AP) - A seemingly endless field of sunflowers is in bloom in east central Illinois, a golden spectacle that's drawing families from all corners of the Wabas...
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Fatal police shooting in western Indiana deemed justifiedAug 08, 2020 7:00 am - WEST TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - An April police shooting that killed a western Indiana man who exchanged gunfire with officers was justified and the man's actions amounte...
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Illinois' new virus cases exceed 2,000 for second straight dayAug 08, 2020 1:00 am - The Illinois Department of Health on Saturday announced 2,190 new COVID-19 cases and 18 more deaths as the state reported a 24-hour total of 48,016 tests performed for a...
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Aug. 8 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeAug 08, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 93,588 cases in the suburbs as of Saturday. That's 49% of the state's total, a...