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Another 487 Hoosiers have COVID-19; total tops 31,000May 24, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Another 487 Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19, raising Indiana's total to 31,376, state health officials said Sunday. With 12 additional dea...
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Longtime Chicago Memorial Day parade goes onlineMay 24, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Memorial Day parade on Chicago's North Side that's been around for more than a half century is going forward virtually this year. The Wellington-Oakdal...
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Foster children face multi-layered trauma during pandemicMay 24, 2020 7:00 am - CORTLAND, Ill. (AP) - Megan Flack and her husband, Mike Choragwicki, got licensed to be foster parents at the start of 2020 and were so excited they decked out their gue...
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South Bend proposal for homeless shelter draws scrutinyMay 24, 2020 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - A proposal by South Bend's mayor to launch a city-run homeless shelter is drawing scrutiny, including questions about whether the northern Indian...
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Illinois Senate approves $42.8 billion budget that relies heavily on borrowingMay 24, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate early Sunday morning passed a budget package authorizing $42.8 billion in general revenue spending next year, although much of that rem...
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May 24 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeMay 24, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 56,474 cases in the suburbs, 51.2% of the state's total, according to the Ill...
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State reports 61 more COVID-19 deaths, as Pritzker releases new reopening guidelinesMay 24, 2020 1:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Sunday that 2,508 additional COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in the state and 61 more people have died from the cor...
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Demand for locally-sourced food increases amid pandemicMay 23, 2020 7:00 am - FLOYDS KNOBS, Ind. (AP) - For Floyds Knobs farmer Anita Kruer, requests to purchase chickens and farm fresh eggs have doubled, if not tripled, since this time last year....
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Northern Illinois put under tornado watch on SaturdayMay 23, 2020 7:00 am - Northern Illinois was put on a tornado watch Saturday afternoon until 8 p.m. by the National Weather Service as a storm packing 60 mph winds and hail moved from the west...
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Chicago vendors help with census outreach among the homelessMay 23, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A service organization is partnering with magazine street vendors in Chicago to help collect data on the city's homeless population after the COVID-19 pan...