Articles filed under Illinois
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1,257 new COVID-19 cases in Illinois, but with record test count, positivity rate dipsJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - Cases of COVID-19 climbed by 1,257 Thursday in Illinois, and 25 more people died from the respiratory disease, but the latest daily case count above 1,000 comes as the s...
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Governor hits road to push censusJul 16, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker encouraged Illinoisans to complete the 2020 census and touted a state investment in youth employment programs Thursday during two public...
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Locomotive company owner found dead in St. Louis-area poolJul 15, 2020 7:00 am - LADUE, Mo. (AP) - The St. Louis County medical examiner is determining the cause of death after the owner of an Illinois-based rail locomotive company was found dead in ...
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Eastern Illinois woman dies after being shot by child in carJul 15, 2020 7:00 am - TILTON, Ill. (AP) - An eastern Illinois woman died over the weekend after she was accidentally shot by a child who was riding in a car with her, police said. Marita Hile...
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July 15 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 79,137 cases in the suburbs as of Wednesday, 50.5% of the state's total, ac...
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Suburbs, Chicago now in separate COVID-19 regions as state aims to target hot spotsJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - New Illinois COVID-19 prevention strategies include splitting the suburbs into separate regions to target outbreaks and shutting down specific activities if public healt...
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Media can't use boy's autopsy photos from mom's sentencingJul 14, 2020 7:00 am - CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois judge on Tuesday ruled that media must not publish or broadcast images of autopsy photographs of 5-year-old AJ Freund durin...
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Illinois collects $52M in taxes from legal pot salesJul 14, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The state of Illinois has collected $52 million in taxes from legal adult-use marijuana sales. Gov. J.B. Pritzker's office said Tuesday that $34...
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July 14 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJul 14, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 78,719 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday, 51% of the state's total, accord...
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20-29 now largest COVID-19 age group; Pritzker 'will not hesitate' to tighten restrictionsJul 14, 2020 1:00 am - Cases of COVID-19 in Illinois grew by 707 Tuesday and deaths increased by 25, as Gov. J.B. Pritzker urged 20-somethings to be cautious while socializing and warned he'll...