Articles filed under Illinois
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Ex-University employee gets probation for rare book theftMay 20, 2020 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A former employee of the University of Illinois was sentenced to two years of probation for stealing rare musical books from the school's music libra...
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Pomp and masks: Graduations draw thousands despite pandemicMay 20, 2020 7:00 am - HOOVER, Ala. (AP) - High schools nationwide have canceled or postponed traditional graduation ceremonies to avoid worsening the spread of the new coronavirus, but some p...
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Virus claims 23rd life at Sangamon County nursing homeMay 20, 2020 7:00 am - SHERMAN, Ill. (AP) - The coronavirus outbreak has claimed the lives of 23 residents of a central Illinois nursing home, health officials said. A woman in her 80s is the ...
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State legislators convene spaced apart, force each other to wear masksMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois legislators approved extraordinary safety rules for themselves Wednesday as they convened for the first time in 10 weeks due to the coronavirus pa...
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Bars and restaurants can serve outdoors as soon as May 29; golf, other restrictions to easeMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - Restaurants and bars, dealt a huge economic hit by COVID-19, can offer outdoor dining as soon as May 29, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday as state lawmakers convened to...
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Why Buffalo Grove isn't joining other suburbs' efforts to alter Pritzker planMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - Citing concerns that it could pit one part of the village against the other, the Buffalo Grove village board decided Monday not to take action on a resolution urging Gov...
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Outbreak 'falling from our peak' as Pritzker touts per capita testing rateMay 19, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois is now leading the nation's most populated states in per capita COVID-19 testing, Gov. J.B. Pritzker reported Tuesday during his daily briefing. "Over the last ...
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Heavy rains, flooding, possible tornadoes hit Chicago areaMay 18, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Showers and thunderstorms dumped heavy rainfall across the Chicago area, swamping streets with floodwaters that knocked out power overnight to the 110-sto...
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State unemployment agency confirms data breachMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Employment Security has confirmed that a new online portal that processes claims for federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance br...
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Illinois Supreme Court officially disbars BlagojevichMay 18, 2020 1:00 am - The Illinois Supreme Court on Monday officially disbarred disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, citing "numerous criminal acts" he committed during his time as the stat...