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13 Illinois 'Bomb Squad' gang members sentenced to prisonJul 05, 2020 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - Thirteen members of a Peoria street gang known as the 'œBomb Squad'ť have been sentenced to prison terms for a racketeering conspiracy that included ...
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Family holds memory of Indiana native killed in AfghanistanJul 05, 2020 7:00 am - VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - Porter Circuit Court Judge Mary DeBoer was unable to join her husband and other family members recently in a seven-mile hike along the Appalachia...
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Blind Melon singer's Indiana roots come up often in filmJul 05, 2020 7:00 am - LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - 'œAll I Can Say'ť gets rolling with Shannon Hoon in Lafayette, cruising in his car, as he tells his own camera, 'œout in the country.'ť It ends w...
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State reports six additional COVID-19 deaths, smallest daily total since MarchJul 05, 2020 1:00 am - State health authorities reported 639 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, along with six more deaths from the virus. That brings raises the state's total t...
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Indiana reports 522 new coronavirus cases, 6 more deathsJul 04, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana has reported 522 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total to 47,432, state health officials said on Saturday. In a news release, the ...
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Students, alums see racist culture at Chicago private schoolJul 04, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - As an eighth-grader in 2017, South Chicago resident Randy Pierre boasted the grades and test scores to get into some of Chicago's top high schools. His fi...
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Founder of Edwardsville at the center of statue debateJul 04, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The figure at the center of a statue debate in the Metro East city of Edwardsville has a final resting place at Springfield's Oak Ridge Cemetery...
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Man charged with murder of Southern Illinois toddlerJul 04, 2020 7:00 am - CARLINVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 23-month-old girl who died after her head was apparently slammed against a wal...
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U of Illinois researchers to study animals with MRI scannerJul 04, 2020 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Researchers at the University of Illinois will be able to closely study mice, rats, pigs and songbirds with the arrival of the campus' first MRI scan...
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Indiana farm touts genetically modified, fast-growing salmonJul 04, 2020 7:00 am - ALBANY, Ind. (AP) - A fish farming pioneer in Albany, Indiana, says it expects to harvest genetically modified salmon at its indoor facility in the fourth quarter of thi...