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Number of parties suing Sterigenics jumps to 73Dec 12, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The number of parties suing medical supply sterilization company Sterigenics on claims that its ethylene oxide gas emissions caused serious health problems...
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Board OKs closing two charter schoolsDec 11, 2019 10:00 pm - Kiya Cox, getting set to graduate eighth grade next summer after spending her whole life at the same school, was one of almost 20 speakers who emotionally pleaded with t...
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Former high-ranking employee of Dorothy Brown sentenced to 2 years in prison for derailing investigationDec 11, 2019 10:00 pm - A former high-ranking employee of Dorothy Brown was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday after prosecutors said the worker helped derail a federal investigation int...
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New music venue Radius to open in March with Lil Wayne, Alkaline Trio on rosterDec 11, 2019 11:00 am - This week, Nick Karounos, co-owner and operator of Chicago's Concord Music Hall and Prysm Nightclub, announced the March 2020 opening of new music venue Radius at 640 W....
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New Terre Haute VA clinic set to open in summer of 2021Dec 11, 2019 6:00 am - TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - A new $40 million, 46,000-square-foot Veterans Affairs clinic is projected to open during the summer of 2021, officials said Wednesday. The faci...
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Chicago police halt controversial merit promotion systemDec 11, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's interim police superintendent is discontinuing a so-called merit promotion system that rank-and-file cops have long complained rewards officers ...
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Father, girlfriend charged in fatal beating of his son, 9Dec 11, 2019 6:00 am - FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) - A northwestern Illinois father and his girlfriend were charged in connection with the fatal beating of his 9-year-old son, authorities said Tuesday...
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Pence traveling to Indiana for private event with governorDec 11, 2019 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence is planning a trip to Indianapolis for a private campaign event for Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb. The vice president's office ...
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Irony? Chicago salt truck slides on ice into Lake MichiganDec 11, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two Chicago Park District workers escaped without serious injury after the salt truck they were navigating along an icy lakefront bike path slid into Lake...
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Correction: Illinois-School Timeout Rooms storyDec 11, 2019 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - In a story Dec. 10, 2019, about proposed Illinois rules for school timeout rooms, The Associated Press erroneously reported that prone restraint...