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COVID-19 cases, deaths decline on average after state's reopeningJun 28, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 infections have declined since the state dropped most pandemic restrictions June 11, although that tally ticked up in the last seven days, Illinois Department o...
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Witnesses: Car struck by train in Chicago drove past gatesJun 28, 2021 1:00 am - Witnesses told investigators that a car in which two adults and a 5-year-old girl were killed when it was struck by a Chicago Metra train had pulled out of a row of stop...
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2 dead, 15 wounded in separate Sunday night shootings in ChicagoJun 28, 2021 1:00 am - Two separate shootings left two people dead and at least 15 wounded in Chicago, police said Monday, as the city that this month recorded its 300th homicide for the year ...
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Chicago cop who shot man he was chasing stripped of police powersJun 28, 2021 1:00 am - A Chicago police officer who fatally shot an armed man in the back during a foot pursuit in March has been stripped of his police powers, the department confirmed on Mon...
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Driver's license expiration date extended to 2022 thanks to backlogJun 28, 2021 1:00 am - No need to rush out in the heat and wait in line outside to renew your driver's license or ID card, Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced Monday. Instead, th...
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COVID-19 outbreak traced to campJun 28, 2021 1:00 am - Nearly 100 COVID-19 cases have resulted from an outbreak at a summer youth camp in west central Illinois, mostly involving unvaccinated people, the Illinois Department o...
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SIU geologist shows history of minerals at New York museumJun 27, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A geology researcher from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale has created an exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History in New Yor...
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East St. Louis long celebrated Juneteenth, now seeks equityJun 27, 2021 7:00 am - EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) - During a flag-raising ceremony at East St. Louis City Hall on June 19, Stephanie Taylor couldn't help but cry. She was surrounded by about 40...
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Chicago Botanic Garden to start charging admissionJun 27, 2021 7:00 am - GLENCOE, Ill. (AP) - A famed horticultural park north of Chicago that's been free for half a century is about to cost money. Starting next January, the Chicago Botanic ...
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Police: 1 dead and 3 injured in suburban Chicago shootingJun 27, 2021 7:00 am - ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) - One person was killed and three others injured in a shooting early Sunday outside a suburban Chicago nightclub, police said. Police in St. Char...