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Illinois surpasses 12,000 COVID-19 deaths (19% of those this month), 700,000 casesNov 27, 2020 12:00 am - Illinois has surpassed 12,000 COVID-19 deaths and 700,000 cases of the disease statewide. State health officials announced Friday that 66 more residents have died from C...
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Southern Indiana mother working to '~start over, start fresh'Nov 26, 2020 6:00 am - JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) - On Monday afternoon, Candace Montgomery's four daughters burst into the new apartment their mother moved into a week ago. It's a place she ho...
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3 people charged in mentally ill Chicago man's slayingNov 26, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago couple acting as caretakers for a mentally ill man and a third person have been charged with murder in the man's slaying, authorities said. Chic...
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State: Number of Hoosiers with COVID-19 approaches 319,000Nov 26, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An additional 6,434 Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19, bringing to 318,894 the number of Indiana residents known to have had the coronavirus...
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Hoosiers warned about deceptive mailings touting prizesNov 26, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The state Attorney General's office is warning Indiana residents to be wary of deceptive mailings that aim to mislead consumers into believing they'v...
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Indiana cigarette tax proposal raises questions on spendingNov 26, 2020 6:00 am - MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) - Indiana legislative leaders are willing to increase the state's cigarette tax but say any measure must include specifics on how the new revenue will...
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Hammond mayor wants to sell raw water to Joliet in IllinoisNov 26, 2020 6:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. wants to sell water from the Indiana city to Joliet in neighboring Illinois. McDermott Jr. said this week that Jo...
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Another 131 COVID-19 deaths, 12,022 cases reported in Illinois ThursdayNov 26, 2020 12:00 am - State health officials Thursday reported 12,022 new confirmed or probable cases of COVID-19 and 131 more deaths from the respiratory disease. Of the fatalities, 29 were ...
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Central State human remains 'mangled' by police constructionNov 25, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indianapolis police knowingly disrupted human remains in a historic cemetery during construction of a new K-9 training facility on the west side of t...
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Purdue to give staff $750 bonuses for `heroic' pandemic workNov 25, 2020 6:00 am - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Purdue University plans to reward its faculty and staff with a $750 bonus for their 'œheroic work" keeping the West Lafayette campus open dur...