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More infectious COVID-19 variant identified in ChicagoMar 06, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The first case of the more infectious Brazil variant of COVID-19 in Illinois has been detected in a Chicago resident, public health officials say. Northw...
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High school sweethearts reunited by the child they gave upMar 06, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - How their teenage love story would end was beyond their control. Donna Horn, a beautiful cheerleader, was pregnant. Joe Cougill, a star high school a...
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Body found 33 years ago in Indiana was Illinois womanMar 06, 2021 6:00 am - KENTLAND, Ind. (AP) - A body found more than 30 years ago in a northwestern Indiana wildlife area has been identified as that of an Illinois woman. The body of Jennifer ...
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Hospital marks year as southern Illinois' lone trauma centerMar 06, 2021 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Fifteen months after receiving official designation as a Level II trauma center, emergency department staff at SIH Memorial Hospital and the enti...
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Plans curbing Indiana governor's emergency power face doubtsMar 06, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana legislators remain determined to limit the governor's executive order power as the state reaches a full year under a public health emergency ...
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Bye, Bismarck: 144 cities could lose status as metro areasMar 06, 2021 6:00 am - Bye-bye, Bismarck. So long, Sheboygan. Those cities in North Dakota and Wisconsin, respectively, are two of 144 that the federal government is proposing to downgrade fro...
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Central Indiana woman dies in fire that destroyed her homeMar 06, 2021 6:00 am - MIDDLETOWN, Ind. (AP) - A central Indiana woman died Saturday when a fire destroyed her home, authorities said. The 77-year-old victim's body was found in the severely d...
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Jury selection set in ex-NW Indiana mayor's bribery retrialMar 06, 2021 6:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - Jury selection is set to begin Monday in a former northwestern Indiana mayor's long-delayed retrial on a federal charge alleging that he solicited a...
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Indiana zoo's long-time train to get new paint, restorationMar 06, 2021 6:00 am - LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana zoo is sending its long-time train in for a paint job and restoration. The Columbian Park Zoo Express' train engine and three c...
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COVID-19 shots set another record, but all other state metrics look worseMar 06, 2021 12:00 am - The number of doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered Friday climbed again to a new record in Illinois, but all the other metrics were worse than the day before, when cas...