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Peoria Civic Center seeks $4M to keep afloat during pandemicSep 12, 2020 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A civic center in central Illinois is seeking about $4 million to keep afloat during the coronavirus pandemic that's caused the facility to lay off s...
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Chicago anti-violence group offers reward in girl's killingSep 12, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago anti-violence group is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the killing of an 8-year-old girl shot in the back duri...
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Indiana man faces January trial in twin sons' 2014 deathsSep 12, 2020 7:00 am - LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana man whose guilty plea in the 2014 house fire deaths of his twin 3-year-old sons was vacated last year is set for a January tria...
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State clears Tazewell site of 220 tons of used tiresSep 12, 2020 7:00 am - PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Environmental Agency has removed more than 220 tons of used tires from an abandoned auto salvage site in Tazewell County. Officials said...
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Drought, water releases shrink Indiana lake, pinch economySep 12, 2020 7:00 am - MONTICELLO, Ind. (AP) - The seasonal economy along a northern Indiana lake that's a popular boating destination is feeling a pinch as the lake continues to shrink follow...
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How Illinois' income tax compares nationwide, and how a graduated tax could change itSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story originally ran May 29, 2019. Illinois residents making $1.5 million a year pay less in income taxes than their counterparts in all but eig...
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As of Sept. 11, COVID-19 case counts per county, per ZIP codeSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion There have been 119,378 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's 46.3% of the state's total, according to the Ill...
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2,145 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois, 32 deathsSep 11, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 2,145 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 32 confirmed fatalities. The new cases c...
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Despite barbs, Trump family and Chicago mayor can be niceSep 11, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The barbs that have flown between President Donald Trump and his family and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot haven't prevented either side from engaging in oc...
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Veteran House incumbents cling to seats as districts evolveSep 11, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - As he logs another campaign season piloting his single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza around his vast, crimson-red Minnesota district, voters greet Rep. Col...