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School mask decision by judge 'cultivates chaos,' Pritzker saysFeb 07, 2022 12:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker Monday blasted a downstate judge's order temporarily lifting face mask restrictions at numerous school districts as sowing "chaos" amid the COVID-19 p...
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Pritzker, Raoul address surge in expressway shootings, organized retail theftsFeb 07, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two of the state's top officials each held news conferences Monday morning to outline responses to a surge in expressway shootings and organized retail the...
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Illinois teacher aims for stars in research programFeb 06, 2022 6:00 am - DOWNS, Ill. (AP) - There is something about NASA and astronomy that draws students in, Tri-Valley High School teacher Jeff Benter said. Their interest in turn drives his...
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Supply chain woes delay work on historic SW Indiana theaterFeb 06, 2022 6:00 am - VINCENNES, Ind. (AP) - The completion of restoration work on the exterior of a century-old southwestern Indiana theater where comic Red Skelton got his start has been de...
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Nucor spending $290M to boost Indiana steel mill productionFeb 06, 2022 6:00 am - CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Nucor Corp. is planning a $290 project to expand production at a steel sheet mill in western Indiana. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based com...
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Indiana couple donates cotton bags to help cut plastic useFeb 06, 2022 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - For many shoppers, putting produce into plastic film bags at the grocery store is a given, but plastic film is not acceptable for curbside recyc...
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Relative of 2 Chicago ex-mayors to go on federal tax trialFeb 06, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The federal tax fraud trial for Alderman Patrick Daley Thompson, the grandson and nephew of two of Chicago's longest-serving and most prominent mayors, wa...
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Health problems reported from smoky monthlong Indiana fireFeb 05, 2022 6:00 am - WINDFALL, Ind. (AP) - About 20 people reported various health problems from a fire inside a pile of straw and corncobs that blanketed a central Indiana town with heavy s...
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Houses of faith help Afghan refugees start over in IndianaFeb 05, 2022 6:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Between the rush to settle and feed 39 Afghan refugees who've arrived in South Bend since December - and laughs over language barriers - local vo...
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Indianapolis police begin charging for body camera videosFeb 05, 2022 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - After a year-long review, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has begun charging for requests for police body camera videos. The departme...