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5 hot tickets: Thom Yorke and Susan Werner in Chicago; tribute concerts in Waukegan on sale this weekendApr 23, 2020 6:00 am - "David Brighton's Space Oddity - The Ultimate David Bowie Experience": 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan: rock/pop tribute. ...
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Another 102K Illinoisans file first-time jobless claims amid COVID-19 pandemicApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Thursday that 4.4 million Americans filed first-time unemployment claims during the week that ended April 18, includi...
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Illinois rents refrigerated trailers as COVID-19 morgue contingencyApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois has rented refrigerated semitrailer trucks to store the bodies of COVID-19 victims in case morgues become filled to capacity. The "more than 20" t...
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Stay-at-home order extended through May 30; face coverings required starting May 1Apr 23, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker is extending the state's stay-at-home order through May 30. The governor said the move is necessary because a plateau of new COVID-19 cases and hospit...
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Rules for May: Face-covering requirement, more business activities, some fishing and golfApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker's new executive order will include the following changes, effective May 1: Face coverings Beginning on May 1, individuals will be required to wea...
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Suburban Chicago closing in on Florida for number of COVID-19 deathsApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - We broke down COVID-119 statistics available April 23 and came up with some interesting comparisons: • If the Chicago suburbs were a state, it would have the 11th-highes...
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Pritzker offers tepid response to GOP re-opening proposalApr 22, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois House Republicans on Tuesday suggested ways to slowly reopen businesses and relax restrictions on public interaction as the threat from...
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Pence to visit Kokomo GM plant to highlight ventilatorsApr 22, 2020 7:00 am - KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Kokomo next week to highlight the production of ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic. The former Ind...
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Chicago City Council signs off on new police superintendentApr 22, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago City Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to approve the appointment of former Dallas Police Chief David Brown as the city's new police supe...
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Indiana tracks coronavirus cases weeks before 1st confirmedApr 22, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's first coronavirus infections occurred at least a couple weeks before the first illness for a resident was confirmed in early March, the sta...