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More than 16% of Illinoisans fully vaccinated; COVID-19 hospitalizations on the riseMar 28, 2021 1:00 am - While Illinois public health officials announced Sunday more than 16% of the state's population is now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, hospitalizations from the virus...
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NIPSCO utility adds more wind, solar power to its portfolioMar 27, 2021 7:00 am - MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Northern Indiana Public Service Co. is adding more than 400 megawatts of wind and solar power to its energy portfolio in the utility's latest s...
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Indiana Republicans resolute for school voucher expansionMar 27, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Republican lawmakers remain resolute on their push for a big expansion of Indiana's private school voucher program in the face of pushback from publi...
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Illinois boy, 2, dies in hospital after falling into riverMar 27, 2021 7:00 am - MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. (AP) - A 2-year-old northern Illinois boy has died days after being pulled from a river he fell into while walking along the waterway, authorities s...
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Hi-tech indoor farm in South Bend taking on lettuce marketMar 27, 2021 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - It's a chilly, wet and windy day - enough to remind us that winter still isn't too far in the rearview mirror. But inside a new six-acre building...
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Indiana court allows seizure of federal relief paymentsMar 27, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana residents with past-due debts could see that money taken from the new federal pandemic relief payments that have been arriving in bank accoun...
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Book examines 1955 murder in Mattoon, subsequent manhuntMar 27, 2021 7:00 am - MATTOON, Ill. (AP) - Judy Rosella Edwards was born after her sister, 14-year-old Doris L. Edwards, was murdered in 1955, but grew up feeling her absence from the lives o...
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1 dead, 3 hurt in party bus shooting near ChicagoMar 27, 2021 7:00 am - A 23-year-old was killed and three other people were wounded early Saturday when someone fired shots at a party bus after it stopped at an intersection in River Grove, p...
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Chicago man says 60 stops by police due to mistaken identityMar 27, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago man says he has been detained by law enforcement more than 60 times over 15 years because he has the same name and birth date of a man wanted on...
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Illinois coronavirus case positivity rate continues its slow climbMar 27, 2021 1:00 am - State numbers for COVID-19 shots, new cases and deaths Friday all fell within the recent range, but the statewide test positivity number continued its slow upward climb,...