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Chicago mayor: Schools will reopen despite balking teachersJan 30, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools plans to proceed with the reopening of elementary and middle schools on Monday despite the failure to reach an agreement with the t...
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Hard work, low pay a challenge for rural Indiana coronerJan 30, 2021 6:00 am - SPENCER, Ind. (AP) - When Angi Frank gets a work call, the news is never good. She's the local coroner, summoned when someone dies. Unless his or her life ends at a nurs...
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Former Chevrolet plant site in Muncie eyed for solar farmJan 30, 2021 6:00 am - MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - The site of General Motors' former Chevrolet plant in Muncie could become the home of a large solar farm once the central Indiana city completes a de...
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Chicago schools, teachers make progress after Lightfoot's Friday ultimatumJan 30, 2021 12:00 am - Leaders from Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union reached several tentative agreements Saturday in ongoing negotiations to reopen schools, making progre...
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State virus positivity rate continues to decline as 65 more people dieJan 30, 2021 12:00 am - The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 3,345 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease and 65 additional deaths. The dead included 25 p...
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Illinois reports 4,156 new COVID-19 cases and 71 deathsJan 29, 2021 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday reported 4,156 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 as it also said 58,357 doses of v...
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Michigan approves Great Lakes oil pipeline tunnel permitsJan 29, 2021 6:00 am - TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Michigan's environmental agency said Friday it has approved construction of an underground tunnel to house a replacement for a controversial ...
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Indiana officers serving warrant fatally shoot man in homeJan 29, 2021 6:00 am - WABASH, Ind. (AP) - Officers serving a search warrant at a northern Indiana home fatally shot a man and wounded a woman during an exchange of gunfire with the home's occ...
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Republicans set to choose new state party chairman soon, snow delays Saturday meetingJan 29, 2021 4:30 am - The Illinois Republican Party is poised for a remake soon when leaders will choose one of a trio of suburban and downstate attorneys to be the next state GOP chairman. L...
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Des Plaines church mourns for Arlington Heights woman killed while sleddingJan 29, 2021 12:00 am - Whether it was at a worship service, Bible study class or social activity at The Bridge Community Church in Des Plaines, Rachel Jo Larson was known to greet those she kn...