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Illinois driver's license expiring? You may be in luckDec 20, 2021 6:00 am - People with a soon-to-expire Illinois driver's license or state ID card are in luck: You have an extra three months to get your card renewed. Illinois Secretary of Stat...
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New Interstate 69 section reopened in central IndianaDec 20, 2021 6:00 am - MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A new section of the Interstate 69 extension project in central Indiana has reopened for drivers. The northbound lanes of I-69 through Martinsv...
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As new Illinois COVID-19 cases jump 30% in two weeks, doctors urge boosters to fight omicronDec 20, 2021 12:00 am - The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases jumped by 30% in two weeks, state data showed Monday, as the tally of Illinoisans getting booster shots, a crucial tool again...
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Chicago, U of I embark on $2 million program to detect COVID in sewageDec 20, 2021 12:00 am - Chicago's health department will work with a team of University of Illinois researchers to monitor COVID-19 in wastewater as part of a $2 million program over the next t...
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Indiana bank settles housing loan discrimination lawsuitDec 19, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indiana-based bank has agreed to direct more housing loans to majority-Black neighborhoods in settling a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by a...
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Murphysboro woodworker starts his own board-game businessDec 19, 2021 6:00 am - MURPHYSBORO, Ill. (AP) - Brandon Byars frowned on the shipping cost from England for a board game he wanted. So he made his own. The lifelong woodworker from Murphysbor...
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Indiana National Guard chief promoted to major generalDec 19, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana National Guard's leader has been promoted to major general. The promotion of state Adjutant General Dale Lyles by Gov. Eric Holcomb occur...
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Feder: Davies, Giangreco will reunite for New Year's Eve - on Channel 5Dec 19, 2021 12:00 am - Janet Davies and Mark Giangreco, who rang in the New Year together for two decades on WLS-Channel 7 before they were ousted from the ABC-owned station, will turn up for ...
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Riders, commuters pay tribute to beloved Metra conductorDec 18, 2021 6:00 am - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - 'œI was born in a train,'ť Metra Union Pacific West Line conductor JJ Keigley said with a serious expression before breaking into a laugh....
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2 dead after semi crosses toll road median near ElkhartDec 18, 2021 6:00 am - ELKHART, Ind. (AP) - Two semitrucks crashed early Saturday on the Indiana Toll Road, killing both drivers, police said. A westbound semitruck crossed the median for an u...