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Radiothon to benefit key independent Chicago music venuesMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago's independent music venues are at risk of closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So as a fundraiser, 101.1 WKQX-FM is broadcasting a 34-hour Save Our Stages Radio...
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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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Former Indianapolis teachers union chief gets 16 monthsMay 19, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The former president of the Indianapolis Education Association has been sentenced to 16 months in prison after pleading guilty to embezzling more tha...
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Indiana tops 1,800 coronavirus deaths in just over 2 monthsMay 19, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana has now had more than 1,800 people die with confirmed or presumed coronavirus infections since the state's first death was recorded just more...
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Dunes National Park to reopen shuttered beach on SaturdayMay 19, 2020 7:00 am - PORTER, Ind. (AP) - The Indiana Dunes National Park will reopen part of a local beach in time for the Memorial Day weekend, but beachgoers will be monitored to make sure...
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All Indiana teachers recognized as 2021 Teacher of the YearMay 19, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Department of Education recognized all Indiana teachers collectively Tuesday as the 2021 Teacher of the Year. The department traditional...
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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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Windy City Smokeout postponed to summer 2021May 18, 2020 3:00 pm - Country music fans will have to put their barbecue cravings on hold for a bit. Organizers of the Windy City Smokeout — Chicago's country music, craft beer and barbecue ...
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Indiana to use nearly $1M federal grant to deliver NarcanMay 18, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana will use nearly $1 million in federal funds to pay for the distribution of the opioid reversal drug naloxone to reach Hoosiers who are at ris...