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Plans curbing Indiana governor's emergency power face doubtsMar 06, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana legislators remain determined to limit the governor's executive order power as the state reaches a full year under a public health emergency ...
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Bye, Bismarck: 144 cities could lose status as metro areasMar 06, 2021 6:00 am - Bye-bye, Bismarck. So long, Sheboygan. Those cities in North Dakota and Wisconsin, respectively, are two of 144 that the federal government is proposing to downgrade fro...
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Central Indiana woman dies in fire that destroyed her homeMar 06, 2021 6:00 am - MIDDLETOWN, Ind. (AP) - A central Indiana woman died Saturday when a fire destroyed her home, authorities said. The 77-year-old victim's body was found in the severely d...
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Jury selection set in ex-NW Indiana mayor's bribery retrialMar 06, 2021 6:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - Jury selection is set to begin Monday in a former northwestern Indiana mayor's long-delayed retrial on a federal charge alleging that he solicited a...
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Indiana zoo's long-time train to get new paint, restorationMar 06, 2021 6:00 am - LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana zoo is sending its long-time train in for a paint job and restoration. The Columbian Park Zoo Express' train engine and three c...
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COVID-19 shots set another record, but all other state metrics look worseMar 06, 2021 12:00 am - The number of doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered Friday climbed again to a new record in Illinois, but all the other metrics were worse than the day before, when cas...
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COVID-19 cases per county, ZIP code as of March 5Mar 06, 2021 12:00 am - There have been 509,575 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Friday. That's almost 42.7% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Ther...
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Public warned to avoid NW Indiana lake where waterfowl diedMar 05, 2021 6:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - State environmental officials are warning the public to avoid a northwestern Indiana lake while authorities investigate the deaths of dozens of duck...
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Man slain, 2 others wounded in Chicago freeway shootingMar 05, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - One man has died, and two other people were wounded following an early morning shooting on a Chicago freeway. The shooting occurred about 12:45 a.m. Frida...
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Indiana governor gets virus shot at state's 1st mass clinicMar 05, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb was jabbed with a COVID-19 vaccine shot when the state's first mass vaccination clinic opened Friday morning at the Indiana...