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State reports 2,121 new cases of COVID-19, 22 more deathsSep 12, 2020 2:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday announced 2,121 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 22 additional confirmed deaths. Of the deaths, 15 were in Cook Coun...
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Southern Indiana town looks to redevelop historic buildingSep 12, 2020 7:00 am - GEORGETOWN, Ind. (AP) - A southern Indiana community is looking for a developer who can find a new use for a historic building that formerly served as its town hall. The...
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More than 800 nurses begin strike at Chicago hospitalSep 12, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - More than 800 nurses walked off the job Saturday at Chicago's University of Illinois Hospital after the latest contract negotiations aimed at averting the...
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Once-trumpeted $150M Simon Cancer Center to be empty by 2026Sep 12, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The air was full of promise and excitement when hundreds of people, including some of Indiana's top power players, gathered on Aug, 21, 2008, to dedi...
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Indiana GOP pushing mail voting despite Trump's derisionSep 12, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Republican Party is directly appealing to voters across the state to submit mail-in ballots even as President Donald Trump has questioned...
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Shooting leaves 1 dead in northern Indiana shopping mallSep 12, 2020 7:00 am - MISHAWAKA, Ind. (AP) - One person was killed Saturday in a shooting at a northern Indiana mall that sent shoppers running for safety, authorities said. St. Joseph County...
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Peoria Civic Center seeks $4M to keep afloat during pandemicSep 12, 2020 7:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A civic center in central Illinois is seeking about $4 million to keep afloat during the coronavirus pandemic that's caused the facility to lay off s...
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Chicago anti-violence group offers reward in girl's killingSep 12, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago anti-violence group is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the killing of an 8-year-old girl shot in the back duri...
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Indiana man faces January trial in twin sons' 2014 deathsSep 12, 2020 7:00 am - LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana man whose guilty plea in the 2014 house fire deaths of his twin 3-year-old sons was vacated last year is set for a January tria...
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State clears Tazewell site of 220 tons of used tiresSep 12, 2020 7:00 am - PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - The Illinois Environmental Agency has removed more than 220 tons of used tires from an abandoned auto salvage site in Tazewell County. Officials said...