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GOP bill would force yearly teacher action on union duesFeb 14, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Republican lawmakers are advancing a bill that would require Indiana teachers to renew requests every year for automatic deduction of union dues from...
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First slave freed by Lincoln buried under Peoria pavementFeb 14, 2021 6:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - If the world were just, the name of Nance Legins-Costley would resonate amid the likes of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass and other abolitionist r...
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Ban on local housing rules pushed by Indiana homebuilderFeb 14, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A proposed ban on Indiana cities and counties adopting local housing design standards is being pushed by a state lawmaker who owns a homebuilding com...
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Woman opens wedding chapel to heal herself after spouse diesFeb 14, 2021 6:00 am - YORKTOWN, Ind. (AP) - Last April, Kelly Brickley and her husband, Richard, were sitting down to dinner, turning on the news to hear about COVID-19, which had recently be...
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Meteorologists predict bitter cold, snow for Valentine's DayFeb 14, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Another round of bitter could and wintry weather is hitting Illinois. The National Weather Service on Sunday issued fresh winter storm warnings for south...
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Body of 62-year-old man recovered from central Illinois pondFeb 14, 2021 6:00 am - LEWISTOWN, Ill. (AP) - The body of a 62-year-old man was recovered from a pond in central Illinois, authorities said. Henry Umphryes of Vermont in Fulton County had bee...
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COVID-19 Cases dip to four-month low, but positivity rate inches upFeb 14, 2021 12:00 am - State health officials on Sunday announced 1,631 new confirmed and probable cases of the coronavirus, the lowest single-day total since early October, but also a slight ...
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Fuller family returns artifacts to Bucky's Dome HomeFeb 13, 2021 6:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Many people might not be excited to have two large ceramic dogs arrive at their home, but for the members of the R. Buckminster Fuller Dome Not-F...
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100-year-old Indiana woman celebrates life, beating COVID-19Feb 13, 2021 6:00 am - DALE, Ind. (AP) - The guests start to wander off as they finish snapping photos of Henrietta (Meyer) Neukam, the star of the show. She's left sitting in her wheelchair, ...
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Federal trials expected to resume in Indiana districtFeb 13, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Federal jury trials suspended last fall amid a surge in coronavirus cases are expected to resume in April in all divisions of the Southern District o...