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Tree logging at Scout camp has some officials unhappyJan 29, 2022 6:00 am - RURAL FAIRMOUNT, Ill. (AP) - A plan to cut more than 1,400 trees from a Boy Scouts of America campground in central Illinois is causing disagreement among Scout official...
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Nutrient runoff: How state is helping suburban sewage plants better reduce pollution in waterwaysJan 29, 2022 12:00 am - Excess nutrients from runoff of fertilizers used on suburban lawns and golf courses, along with waste from our daily lives, can find their way into our waterways, leavin...
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Illinois farmers continue battle against pollution threat of nutrient runoffJan 29, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois is one of 11 states in the Mississippi River basin that have pledged to develop strategies to reduce the polluting nutrient loads leaving their borders. It's an...
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Nearly 300 flights canceled as snow belts Chicago areaJan 28, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Nearly 300 flights arriving in or departing from Chicago-area airports were canceled Friday amid a winter storm that dumped as much as 8 inches of snow on...
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GOP Indiana legislator quits to focus on congressional raceJan 28, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A southern Indiana state senator has decided to resign from her seat just weeks after announcing a campaign for Congress. Republican Sen. Erin Houchi...
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Ex-ambulance service owner gets probation in fraud caseJan 28, 2022 6:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - The former owner of a northwest Indiana ambulance service has avoided prison after pleading guilty in a health care fraud case that cost the governm...
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Indiana's largest health system to resume elective surgeriesJan 28, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's largest hospital system plans to resume elective surgeries soon after postponing them for months as COVID-19 patients and other acutely ill...
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Former SW Illinois cop sentenced for falsifying time cardsJan 28, 2022 6:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - A former southwestern Illinois police officer has been sentenced to five months in federal prison after pleading guilty to collecting about $...
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Boy, 11, charged in armed carjacking in Chicago neighborhoodJan 28, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An 11-year-old boy has been charged in an armed carjacking last fall where he and other males allegedly stole an SUV at gunpoint from two Chicago women, p...
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7-day COVID-19 case positivity rate dips into single digits after four weeks of highsJan 28, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois' positivity rate for COVID-19 cases dipped into single digits for the first time since Dec. 29, Illinois Department of Public Health data showed Friday. The pos...