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DCFS worker fatally stabbed during home visitJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Sangamon County authorities are holding a Thayer man suspected in the stabbing death of an Illinois Department of Children and Family Services worker. Poli...
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State legislature approves remap of judicial subcircuitsJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill to redraw judicial subcircuit maps in Cook County and some of the surrounding collar counties while creating ...
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Lyric Opera reschedules 'Proving Up' to future season due to COVID-19 concernsJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - The Lyric Opera of Chicago has postponed the local premiere of "Proving Up" for the second time due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2018 chamber opera abou...
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Two 17-year-olds shot outside Rockford high schoolJan 04, 2022 6:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A 17-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl suffered non-life-threatening injuries Tuesday when they were shot outside a northern Illinois high school...
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COVID-19 surge not deterring push to end Indiana emergencyJan 04, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's ongoing spike in COVID-19 illnesses isn't deterring state leaders, who remain determined to bring an end to the official statewide public h...
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Chicago classes canceled Wednesday as union refuses in-person workJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - Chicago Public Schools classes are canceled today as the Chicago Teachers Union voted to refuse in-person work, defying district plans because of post-holidays COVID-19 ...
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Illinois surpasses 28,000 COVID-19 deaths, as hospitalizations hit all-time high againJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - COVID-19 has now killed more than 28,000 Illinois residents. Illinois Department of Public Health officials reported the bleak milestone Tuesday, after 79 more COVID-19 ...
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Coroner: Man dead after trading shots with cops was suicideJan 03, 2022 6:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - A man found dead in his Fort Wayne home after a standoff with police killed himself, the Allen County Coroner's Office said Monday. Blake Stephen...
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Report paints grim picture of Chicago-area gun deathsJan 03, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - More people were shot to death in Chicago and surrounding Cook County in 2021 than in any other year on record, officials announced Monday, two days after...
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Indiana's GOP governor, lawmakers differing on top issuesJan 03, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb proposed a tax cut for some businesses Monday that is decidedly less ambitious than what many of his fellow Republicans wan...