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Man gets 25 years in fatal St. Louis carjacking attemptDec 15, 2021 6:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - An East St. Louis, Illinois, man was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in federal prison for killing a man during an attempted carjacking in St. Louis in ...
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Magistrate denies bail for 2 Indiana women in boy's killingDec 15, 2021 6:00 am - CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) - A magistrate has denied bail for two northwest Indiana women charged with murdering a 10-year-old boy whose body had so many injuries a prosecut...
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Indiana officials plan $125 refund to taxpayers from surplusDec 15, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana officials are working on a plan that the governor's office said Wednesday would result in taxpayers receiving $125 refund payments from the s...
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Indiana man gets 19 years for role in plot to kill informantDec 15, 2021 6:00 am - RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) - An eastern Indiana man has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for his role in a failed plot that aimed to kill a police informant. A Wayne County...
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Chicago Public Schools, union settle 2 suits over layoffsDec 15, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union have reached a $9.25 million settlement in two long-running federal lawsuits stemming from the layof...
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After one year, how are the suburbs and Illinois doing in vaccinations?Dec 15, 2021 12:00 am - It's been one full year since the first COVID-19 vaccine inoculation was recorded in Illinois. In that time, 8,025,629 residents have been fully vaccinated, according to...
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Special prosecutor wants full report on Smollett case releasedDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - Less than a week after securing guilty verdicts against Jussie Smollett, Special Prosecutor Dan Webb Wednesday called for the release of his full report into the controv...
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Omicron variant confirmed in suburban Cook County residentDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - Cook County Department of Public Health officials announced the omicron variant has been diagnosed in at least one person recently infected with COVID-19, and they are a...
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Chicago OKs $2.9 million settlement for victim of botched police raidDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot has acknowledged that "a lot of trust in me" has been "breached" by her Law Department's efforts to conceal video of the botched February 2019 raid ...
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Lawmakers push for nursing home reforms this springDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Several Illinois lawmakers said this week they are determined to pass a bill in the spring that would overhaul the way nursing homes are paid through the s...