Articles filed under Illinois
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Pritzker urges use of face coverings as state reports 954 more COVID-19 casesJul 12, 2020 1:00 am - State health officials reported another 954 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, as well as another 20 deaths from the virus. The report ends a run of three consecutiv...
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July 12 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJul 12, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 78,079 cases in the suburbs as of Sunday, 51% of the state's total, accordin...
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Winter wheat harvesting underway in central IllinoisJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - Bloomington, Ill. (AP) - Combines are hitting the fields as winter wheat harvesting is underway in Central Illinois. The Fourth of July holiday weekend often signals har...
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Illinois revenues drop $1.1B in fiscal 2020 due to pandemicJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois revenues dropped more than $1.1 billion in the fiscal year that ended last month due to the coronavirus' impact on the state's economy,...
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Coronavirus deaths take a long-expected turn for the worseJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A long-expected upturn in U.S. coronavirus deaths has begun, driven by fatalities in states in the South and West, according to data on the pandemic. The...
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Nearly 1,200 positive virus tests reported in IllinoisJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Nearly 1,200 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus have been reported in Illinois, state health officials announced Saturday. The Illinois Dep...
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Illinois man pleads guilty to reckless homicide in crashJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - MONTICELLO, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois man will be sentenced in August after pleading guilty to reckless homicide in a January car crash that killed a 56-year-old woman. C...
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Illinois State program plans virtual camp for music studentsJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Aspiring string musicians in Illinois can sign up for a virtual camp offered by the Illinois State University String Project this month. The virtual...
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Lone Rock airport battles repeated flooding, now pandemicJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - LONE ROCK, Wis. (AP) - Marc Higgs remembers when this flat stretch of earth bounded by the Wisconsin River to the south and the unglaciated bluffs to the north was essen...
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Artist: Award-winning shirt design offers '~element of hope'Jul 11, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill (AP) - Michelle 'œMicki'ť Smith's winning entry for a Ralph Lauren national design contest shows a Black man, his head tilted back and his eyes closed. ...