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Chicago rejects car-shredder permit after EPA-backed reviewFeb 18, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago on Friday denied a permit for a metal-shredding facility on the city's southeast side, where residents have long complained of polluti...
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Northbound 1-65 in Northwest Indiana reopens after closureFeb 18, 2022 6:00 am - RENSSELAER, Ind. (AP) - Northbound lanes of Interstate 65 in snowbound Northwest Indiana reopened Friday afternoon after being closed for about nine hours because of cra...
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I-39 in central Illinois reopens after pileup in snowstormFeb 18, 2022 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) - A 17-mile (27-kilometer) stretch of interstate in central Illinois that had closed after a pileup involving about 100 cars, trucks and big rigs ...
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Appellate court rules school mask mandate expired; Pritzker plans state Supreme Court appealFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - A downstate appellate court has ruled the state's indoor mask requirement in schools has expired and therefore an appeal of a temporary restraining order barring schools...
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DCFS director again found in contempt of courtFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - For the fourth time in six weeks, a Cook County juvenile court judge has held Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith in contempt for fai...
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Mooney the lone bright spot at wide receiver, but draft and free agency provide hopeFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - The Chicago Bears entered the 2021 season believing that if nothing else they had gone above and beyond all necessary efforts to fix their offensive woes by rebuilding t...
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State police: Lakemoor man struck trooper's vehicle on I-290Feb 18, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois State Police is investigating five crashes involving troopers' squad cars across the state during Thursday's snowstorm. In DuPage County, a trooper was assisti...
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Illinois averaging fewer than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases dailyFeb 18, 2022 12:00 am - Illinois is averaging 2,985 new COVID-19 a day over the past week. It's the first time the state's seven-day rolling new case average has dropped below 3,000 since Nov. ...
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2 found dead after fire sweeps over northern Indiana houseFeb 17, 2022 6:00 am - MONTICELLO, Ind. (AP) - Two people were found dead early Thursday after a fire swept through a house in northern Indiana, police said. Monticello police and several fire...
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Indiana lawmakers endorse easing rules on nursing schoolsFeb 17, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana lawmakers have endorsed a loosening of regulations on nursing education programs in hopes of increasing the number of new nurses and helping ...