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Pritzker signs bills expanding access to mental health careJul 26, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois residents will soon have greater access to mental health services under measures Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Friday. Starting Jan. 1, most ...
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Lightfoot: No second thoughts about Lollapalooza as COVID cases riseJul 26, 2021 1:00 am - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has sounded the alarm about the Delta variant and the rise in COVID-19 cases among the large number of unvaccinated Chicagoans, while also s...
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Pritzker considering mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for state employees as case counts riseJul 26, 2021 1:00 am - New COVID-19 cases continued their rise in Illinois over the weekend as calls to make vaccinations mandatory grow louder and gain more traction. The Illinois Department ...
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Indiana man, 99, volunteers time, tractor to mow church lawnJul 25, 2021 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Paul Stump had no trouble springing into the seat of his 1953 Oliver 77 tractor at the St. Joseph County Fair earlier this month. In fact, he's b...
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Chicago tracking July increase in Legionnaires' diseaseJul 25, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago public health officials say cases of Legionnaires' disease have increased this month. The Chicago Department of Public Health is tracking the cas...
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Shootings leave 4 dead, at least 20 wounded in ChicagoJul 24, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A teenager was among four people slain and at least 20 others wounded during more than a dozen overnight shootings in Chicago. A 36-year-old man was prono...
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Indiana Lake Michigan port sees big jump in shipmentsJul 24, 2021 7:00 am - BURNS HARBOR, Ind. (AP) - Indiana's Lake Michigan port has seen a big increase in shipments this year as the global economy rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic. In Ju...
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Lake Monroe beaches, fishing docks closed due to floodingJul 24, 2021 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Public beaches along the Lake Monroe shoreline remained closed more than a week after multiple rounds of heavy rain passed through south-central...
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Indiana mother hugs man saved by her son's gift of a kidneyJul 24, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Tina Green sat at a conference table, waiting nervously. Any second, Ramu Chinthala would walk through the door at the Indiana Donor Network in India...
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Elevated metal levels found in water near Rockton's ChemtoolJul 24, 2021 7:00 am - ROCKTON, Ill. (AP) - Officials have found elevated levels of harmful metals in groundwater monitoring wells at a Rockton Superfund toxic waste site. But the Illinois En...