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Gov. Pritzker pushes mask compliance as Illinois announces 1,382 new virus casesAug 09, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker Sunday urged a committee of legislators to approve proposed Illinois Department of Public Health rules to bring businesses into compliance if they are...
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Aug. 9 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeAug 09, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 94,658 cases in the suburbs as of Sunday. That's 49% of the state's total, acc...
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Indiana utility faces $1.1M fine over safety violationsAug 08, 2020 7:00 am - MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana utility is facing a $1.1 million fine - the largest in state history - after state regulators cited it for natural gas pipel...
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Some Indiana farmers find surprising bounty in COVID-19 yearAug 08, 2020 7:00 am - SCOTTSBURG, Ind. (AP) - Scottsburg-based farmer Doug Krieger said that in more than two decades of selling at southern Indiana farmers markets, he's never had a year lik...
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Doctors, hospitals launch voter registration effortsAug 08, 2020 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - An emergency room doctor in Boston is assembling thousands of voter registration kits for distribution at hospitals and doctor's offices. Later this month...
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Museum showcases local history with kitchen thingsAug 08, 2020 7:00 am - TREMONT, Ill. (AP) - Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the Tremont Museum and Historical Society's Apron Strings and Kitchen Things exhibit is that it makes local hi...
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Blooms unfold at southern Illinois farm's sunflower mazeAug 08, 2020 7:00 am - PARIS, Ill. (AP) - A seemingly endless field of sunflowers is in bloom in east central Illinois, a golden spectacle that's drawing families from all corners of the Wabas...
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Fatal police shooting in western Indiana deemed justifiedAug 08, 2020 7:00 am - WEST TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - An April police shooting that killed a western Indiana man who exchanged gunfire with officers was justified and the man's actions amounte...
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Indiana woman convicted for her role in abusing boy, 3Aug 08, 2020 7:00 am - WARSAW, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana woman has been convicted of child neglect for her alleged role in the abuse of a 3-year-old boy found with broken bones, pieces of...
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Vote-by-mail worries: A 'leaky pipeline' in many statesAug 08, 2020 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Brace yourself for what's expected to be the first U.S. presidential election conducted mostly by mail. It could be messy. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, v...