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Illinois can now test for coronavirus in-state, cutting down wait timesFeb 12, 2020 12:00 am - By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health now has the ability to test for the 2019...
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Dunes Learning Center to host spring open house March 14Feb 11, 2020 10:00 pm - On Saturday, March 14, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dunes Learning Center in Indiana will be hosting an open house for parents and children to hike, see the camp, make friend...
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Season of change for Lyric Opera in 2020-21Feb 11, 2020 10:00 pm - The Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2020-21 season is full of change. Before stepping down as music director, Sir Andrew Davis conducts three productions and a special concert...
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Actress channels 'Queen of Disco' for 'The Donna Summer Musical' tourFeb 11, 2020 10:00 pm - Why have just one actress playing a musical's leading lady when you can cast three? That's the line of thinking behind a few Broadway shows of the past decade, including...
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Sexual harassment allegations against Cook County employee lead to workplace restrictionsFeb 11, 2020 10:00 pm - A special assistant working in Cook County government has been barred from Board President Toni Preckwinkle's offices over allegations of sexual harassment against anoth...
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City 'could have a mess on our hands' if police don't use every tool against violence: LightfootFeb 11, 2020 10:00 pm - Chicago "could have a mess on our hands that eclipses some of the worst years of violence" the city has seen, unless police get proactive and use all the tools available...
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Special prosecutor: Grand jury returns 6-count indictment accusing actor Jussie Smollett of lying to Chicago policeFeb 11, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Special prosecutor: Grand jury returns 6-count indictment accusing actor Jussie Smollett of lying to Chicago police. ...
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Suburban Chicago man dies after pit bull attackFeb 11, 2020 6:00 am - PLAINFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago man who was one of four people mauled by a pit bull over the weekend has died, authorities said Tuesday. Police in Plainfield...
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Illinois man buried in corn, dies inside farm's grain binFeb 11, 2020 6:00 am - MORRISONVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois man has died after becoming buried in corn while working inside a farm's grain bin. David L. Lowis, 61, was pronounced dead...
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Judge tosses more drug convictions in Chicago cop scandalFeb 11, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Cook County judge on Tuesday threw out the felony drug convictions of 12 men who were framed by a disgraced former Chicago police sergeant, bringing to ...