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More Illinois seniors eligible for state benefits in 2020Jan 05, 2020 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - More Illinois seniors will qualify for state benefits such as discounted license plates and free transit under new income guidelines that took e...
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Report blames 65 Indiana child deaths on abuse or neglectJan 05, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A new report shows that 65 Indiana children died from abuse or neglect during 2018, the same number as its last year-long review. The Indiana Departm...
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Volunteers remove invasive plants around Chicago areaJan 05, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Efforts to remove invasive plant species at eight Chicago-area forest preserves appears to be paying off, according to a volunteer restoration project. A...
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Security guard fatally shoots man at Chicago restaurantJan 04, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A security guard at a Chicago restaurant fatally shot a man after an armed confrontation early Saturday, police said. The 40-year-old man, who has not be...
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Rocker John Mellencamp gives $50K to his Indiana hometownJan 04, 2020 6:00 am - SEYMOUR, Ind. (AP) - Rocker John Mellencamp has donated $50,000 to his southern Indiana hometown for construction of a plaza near a mural that pays homage to the singer-...
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Indiana GOP holding off teacher pay action in 2020 sessionJan 04, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Top Indiana Republicans are inclined to wait another year before further boosting school funding despite a Statehouse rally by several thousand teach...
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Illinois shops excited to sell bongs as pot law takes effectJan 04, 2020 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Owners of Illinois glass pipe shops are elated to begin selling bongs after the state's law legalizing recreational marijuana took effect. Jeremy ...
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No bail for Chicago mom charged with killing 2 sonsJan 04, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 20-year-old Chicago woman was ordered held without bail Saturday on murder charges after police say she killed two of her young sons, leaving one in a b...
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Chicago-area man gets prison term for firing at policeJan 04, 2020 6:00 am - ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for firing a gun at three police officers in 2017. Kane County State's Attorney Joe M...
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'Clubby' culture helped push Indiana trucking firm into ruinJan 04, 2020 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Here's something you can be sure Franklin College won't be highlighting in its student-recruitment marketing: All three of the former Celadon Group I...