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Positive COVID-19 test for worker at House meeting placeMay 27, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A worker at the Springfield convention center where the Illinois House convened for a special session last week has tested positive for COVID-19...
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Virus claims lives of suburban Chicago soldier, motherMay 27, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An Army Reserve soldier from suburban Chicago has become the third member of the military to die from COVID-19, officials said Wednesday. Sgt. Simon Zamud...
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160 new deaths bring state's COVID-19 toll past 5,000; contact tracing ramping upMay 27, 2020 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct that the state announced 160 more deaths Wednesday. The state's death toll from COVID-19 infections surpassed ...
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Pritzker issues rules as Illinois prepares for reopeningMay 27, 2020 1:00 am - Barbers and their customers will have to wear face masks. Restaurants will be able to serve diners outdoors only, with parties no larger than six people, spaced apart. A...
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Construction worker dies after scaffolding collapse at lakeMay 26, 2020 7:00 am - MT. ETNA, Ind. (AP) - A construction worker died Tuesday after scaffolding collapsed in northeastern Indiana, authorities said. Emergency personnel were called to the In...
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Indiana's confirmed, presumed COVID-19 deaths pass 2,000May 26, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Another 18 Hoosiers have died from COVID-19, raising Indiana's confirmed or presumed fatalities from the respiratory disease caused by the coronaviru...
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Nebraska troopers arrest 4 from Illinois after 174 mph chaseMay 26, 2020 7:00 am - GIBBON, Neb. (AP) - Four people from Illinois have been arrested in Nebraska - including a driver accused of leading troopers on a chase exceeding 170 mph in southeaster...
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4 Chicago hospitals scrap tentative $1.1B merger planMay 26, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Four financially challenged hospitals on Chicago's South Side announced Tuesday they have scrapped plans to merge into a single health care system because...
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Terre Haute prison inmate with COVID-19 dies; 3 more have itMay 26, 2020 7:00 am - TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - An inmate at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute who had COVID-19 has died, and three others there also have tested positive for the disea...
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SW Indiana man gets 40-year sentence in toddler's deathMay 26, 2020 7:00 am - BOONVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A southwestern Indiana man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison in the neglect death of his girlfriend's 10-month-old son. A Warrick County ju...