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Energy bill still not filed less than 24 hours before planned voteJun 14, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Senate is scheduled to return to the Capitol Tuesday to consider an energy regulatory overhaul bill that is years in the making but was not ye...
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If you want to avoid the ICU, get a COVID-19 shot, doctors sayJun 14, 2021 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 totaled 165 Monday, the lowest since March 20, 2020, with nine more deaths from the respiratory disease, the Illinois Department of Public Health r...
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Chemical plant explosion, fire prompt evacuationsJun 14, 2021 1:00 am - An explosion at a northern Illinois chemical plant Monday morning sparked massive fires that sent flames and huge plumes of thick black smoke high into the air and debri...
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2 arrested in fatal shooting of Terre Haute high school girlJun 13, 2021 7:00 am - CARLISLE, Ind. (AP) - State police said over the weekend that two men have been arrested in a recent shooting that killed a 15-year-old high school girl in a small town ...
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Singer Brett Young added to Illinois State Fair lineupJun 13, 2021 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Country singer Brett Young will perform this summer's Illinois State Fair. Young will take the grandstand stage on Aug. 20, with opening act Ru...
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Indiana slot car racing track is 1 of a handful left in USJun 13, 2021 7:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - It didn't take long for the car to gain speed and then fly off the track while rounding a banked curve. Of course, the car was being driven by an...
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Exodus of election officials raises concerns of partisanshipJun 13, 2021 7:00 am - There is no shortage of job openings for local election officials in Michigan. It's the same in Pennsylvania. Wisconsin, too. After facing threats and intimidation duri...
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Judge rejects new trial for Indiana man in murder-for-hireJun 13, 2021 7:00 am - MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - A central Indiana judge has rejected a new trial for a man convicted in the 1993 murder-for-hire slaying of a woman found shot to death in her garage...
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As vaccinations rise, COVID-19 case totals continue to declineJun 13, 2021 1:00 am - New cases of COVID-19 in Illinois remained at levels not seen since the pandemic's earliest days, as the number of residents with at least one dose of vaccine approached...
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Numbers in decline: 268 COVID-19 cases Friday, 15 deathsJun 12, 2021 2:00 pm - The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday reported 268 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease and 15 additional deaths. Also, almost 69% of Ill...