Articles filed under Illinois
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COVID-19 raises back-to-school angst for parentsJul 25, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Sara Roberson is adamant about not sending her daughter, a seventh grader, back to in-person learning at Jefferson Middle School. Roberson said ...
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Teacher plans solo trip sailing the length of the Ohio RiverJul 25, 2020 7:00 am - PITTSBURGH (AP) - Every summer, Dennis Simpson, 66, of Elizabethtown, Ohio, takes on a challenge that tests his endurance. This summer of COVID-19, when just existing is...
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Illinois State Museum reopens with safety measures in placeJul 25, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois State Museum is reopening with safety precautions in place after closing for four months because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The sys...
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'Unmasked' rally defies school virus rule, Pritzker critiqueJul 25, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Just weeks away from the ringing of the schoolhouse bell, scores of people rallied at the state Capitol Saturday against the state's requirement...
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Cannabis-adjacent Illinois businesses see uptick in demandJul 25, 2020 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill (AP) - With the legalization of the recreational cannabis industry in Illinois, the cannabis accessory industry has seen an uptick in Carbondale. The Leg...
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1,532 new known Illinois COVID-19 cases and 19 more deathsJul 24, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported an additional 1,532 confirmed cases of coronavirus, down slightly from the 1,624 new...
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1 dead, 1 missing after boat capsizes near Ohio River damJul 24, 2020 7:00 am - SMITHLAND, Ky. (AP) - One man died and search crews were looking for another after a boat capsized near the Smithland Lock and Dam on the Ohio River, Kentucky officials ...
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Seattle pays $300K to man wrongly convicted of girl's murderJul 24, 2020 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - The City of Seattle has paid $300,000 to settle a lawsuit filed against the Police Department and detectives who helped investigate and arrest a Seattle m...
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July 24 COVID-19 cases per countyJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - Since the outbreak began, there have been 84,138 cases in the suburbs as of Friday, 49.9% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Th...
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State warns of suburban uptick in new COVID-19 casesJul 23, 2020 11:00 pm - Kane County is the only Chicago-area metropolitan county that didn't exceed the state's warning level for new cases per capita last week. The metric shows Chicago, subur...