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Off-duty Illinois state trooper 1 of 2 shot dead in ChicagoJan 24, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An off-duty Illinois State Police trooper and a woman were shot dead in a car on Chicago's South Side on Monday, the agency said. Trooper Antonio Alvarez,...
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Chicago substitute charged with groping himself in classJan 24, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A substitute teacher has been charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of a child after he allegedly touched himself inappropriately in front of s...
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Afghan resettlement work wrapping up at Indiana Guard baseJan 24, 2022 6:00 am - EDINBURGH, Ind. (AP) - Officials on Monday marked the winding down of work at the Indiana National Guard's Camp Atterbury training base that has helped resettle about 7,...
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Illinois police hope technology helps ID head found in 1993Jan 24, 2022 6:00 am - MOUNT VERNON, Ind. (AP) - Southern Illinois police are hoping technologies not available three decades ago can help them identify a woman whose head was found in 1993 in...
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Court weighing whether to block school COVID mitigations statewideJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A Sangamon County judge is considering a motion to block Illinois schools from requiring people to wear masks in classes and excluding students and staff m...
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Nancy Palese, co-founder of namesake pizzerias, dies at 87Jan 24, 2022 12:00 am - Nancy Palese, an Italian immigrant who, along with her late husband, Rocco, helped put deep-dish pizza on the Chicago map, died on Jan. 20. She was 87. Palese, born Annu...
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Naperville's Bob Odenkirk returning home to promote his new memoirJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - Former Naperville resident Bob Odenkirk is coming home in early March to promote his new memoir "Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama." Two Chicago appearances and one in Napervil...
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State surpasses 30,000 COVID-19 deaths even as new cases, hospitalizations decreaseJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - New COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue a welcome downslide, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Monday. However, the state reached a sobering mile...
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Pritzker compromise would give teachers extra sick leave for COVID-19 - if they are vaccinatedJan 24, 2022 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker vetoed a bill Monday that would have required COVID-19 related paid leave for teachers and staff at public schools and universities in favor of a new ...
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Illinois group knits, crochets, sews, quilts for charitiesJan 23, 2022 6:00 am - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - In front of the TV. In waiting rooms. On planes. A group of women in Lake County has spent countless hours knitting, crocheting and, more...