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Residents fighting US 24 changes in northern IndianaAug 22, 2021 7:00 am - PERU, Ind. (AP) - Residents and local officials are fighting plans for overhauling a U.S. 24 intersection in northern Indiana, saying they don't believe it will improve...
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Southern Indiana cousins grow hops featured in local beersAug 21, 2021 7:00 am - FLOYDS KNOBS, Ind. (AP) - Cousins Tim Byrne and Kory Byrne don't have a background in farming, but when they decided to try growing hops, a flowering plant used in beer,...
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Ex-Indiana basketball star Buckner picked to lead trusteesAug 21, 2021 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Former Indiana University basketball star Quinn Buckner is now leading the board that oversees the university system. IU Board of Trustees membe...
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Hoosier Lottery says ticket sales jumped 26% in past yearAug 21, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Hoosier Lottery saw record profits in the past year as its ticket sales soared 26% from the year before. That big jump was fueled by 27% growth i...
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Renowned Chicago investigative reporter Bill Recktenwald dies at 79Aug 21, 2021 1:00 am - William Ames Recktenwald, 79, of Karbers Ridge, Illinois, and formerly of Chicago, died peacefully on Friday at the Linda White Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana, aft...
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Head of Indiana's casino oversight agency leaving positionAug 20, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Gaming Commission's top administrator is stepping down after six years leading the agency that supervises the state's casinos. The govern...
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Biden backs end to wolf protections but hunting worries growAug 20, 2021 7:00 am - FARIBAULT, Minn. (AP) - President Joe Biden's administration is sticking by the decision under former President Donald Trump to lift protections for gray wolves across m...
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3 killed in wrong-way collision along SW Chicago highwayAug 20, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A motorist traveling the wrong way on a highway on Chicago's southwest side collided head-on early Friday with another vehicle, leaving three people dead,...
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Lawmakers schedule Aug. 31 session on changing legislative mapsAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Lawmakers will head back to the Capitol on Tuesday, Aug. 31, to consider changes to the legislative maps that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law earlier this...
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Illinois records highest single-day COVID-19 case total since JanuaryAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - The number of new COVID-19 cases reported in a single day in Illinois reached 4,904 Friday, the highest since late January. COVID-19 hospitalizations also cleared a somb...