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Longtime Republican senator quitting Indiana LegislatureSep 08, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A Republican state senator who unsuccessfully ran for Indianapolis mayor last year announced Tuesday he was resigning from the Indiana Legislature. S...
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Protests, virus response tap Rockford police overtime budgetSep 08, 2020 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois city used nearly 60% of its police overtime budget through July because of protests and coronavirus training and response, offi...
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Doctor convicted of murdering wife gets 40-year sentenceSep 08, 2020 7:00 am - HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois doctor convicted of killing his estranged wife and burning her body was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in prison by a Saline C...
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Church known for its architecture lands grant for repairsSep 08, 2020 7:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) - A historic Indiana church that became one of the nation's first Modernist churches in the 1940s has landed a $500,000 grant to repair its iconic be...
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Indiana officials add 12 coronavirus deaths to state's tollSep 08, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Twelve more coronavirus-related deaths were reported Tuesday by Indiana health officials, a day after the statewide total of confirmed COVID-19 cases...
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Girl, 8, among 10 dead in Chicago's holiday weekend gunfireSep 08, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An 8-year-old girl shot in the back was among 10 people killed in gunfire over the Labor Day weekend in Chicago, police said Tuesday, marking the latest d...
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Dangerous bacteria is showing up in school water systems, reminding all buildings closed for COVID-19 to check the pipesSep 08, 2020 7:00 am - (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Caitlin R. Proctor, Purdue University a...
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8-year-old killed, 2 adults wounded during Chicago shootingSep 08, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An 8-year-old girl was killed and two adults were severely wounded after they were shot Monday evening in Chicago while traveling in a vehicle on the city...
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Coroner identifies family of 4 slain in BloomingtonSep 08, 2020 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - A coroner Tuesday identified the Bloomington family of four slain after police say a 61-year-old man shot his wife and two adult children before...
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NIU enrollment up in Fall 2020, the first time in a decadeSep 08, 2020 7:00 am - DEKALB, Ill. (AP) - Northern Illinois University is reporting it's first enrollment increase in more than a decade despite the impact of COVID-19 on school operations, o...