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Lightfoot hints at new proposals to keep Bears at Soldier FieldFeb 11, 2022 12:00 am - Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot struck a more optimistic tone Friday as she hinted at "a couple of proposals that are very, very interesting" to improve S...
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Overhaul planned for Bluffton Road Bridge in Fort WayneFeb 10, 2022 6:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - A bridge in northeastern Indiana is in line for an overhaul. Fort Wayne officials said this week that Bluffton Road Bridge improvements would inc...
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Man pleads guilty to killing fellow federal prisonerFeb 10, 2022 6:00 am - MILAN, Mich. (AP) - A federal inmate pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Thursday, admitting that he was one of three people to attack and kill the leader of a child ...
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Indiana governor grants 3 ill inmates medical clemenciesFeb 10, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's governor is commuting the prison sentences of three inmates who are bedridden and need 24-hour medical care, including one man convicted of...
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Woman charged with destroying photo of slain Chicago copFeb 10, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A woman suspected of tearing a photograph of a slain Chicago police officer from a downtown memorial and throwing it into the trash has been charged with ...
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Health advocates fighting plan to cut Indiana's vaping taxFeb 10, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Anti-smoking advocates are arguing against a proposal that would reduce Indiana's new tax on electronic cigarettes before it even takes effect. The p...
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Steel Dynamics hiring 200 at its northeast Indiana plantsFeb 10, 2022 6:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Steel Dynamics Inc. plans to hire 200 additional employees for its northeast Indiana operations, the company announced Thursday. The company said...
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Love stories: Diva-in-residence Lynne Jordan brings songs, tales to the Raue CenterFeb 10, 2022 5:00 am - Lynne Jordan is a natural storyteller. So when she gets behind a mic, as she will Saturday, Feb. 12, at the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake, she is destine...
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DuPage County fighting efforts to repeal state's 'puppy mill' banFeb 10, 2022 4:22 am - After years of lobbying, animal welfare advocates celebrated a hard-fought victory last summer when state lawmakers overwhelmingly passed legislation banning pet stores ...
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Pediatric experts: Masks are key to preventing COVID-19 infections at schoolFeb 10, 2022 4:00 am - Pediatric experts say there's no argument masks are key in reducing the spread of COVID-19, even as lawyers debate whether Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administration is authori...