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Judge rules municipalities are exempt from Election Day 'holiday'Oct 19, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - A Sangamon County judge has ruled local units of government are exempt from a law the General Assembly passed this year declaring the Nov. 3 general electi...
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Some suburban counties likely to face restrictions amid spike in COVID-19 infectionsOct 19, 2020 1:00 am - DuPage, Kane, Kankakee and Will counties are on the verge of having state-mandated restrictions imposed after their COVID-19 test positivity rates surpassed warning thre...
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Mental health experts to pair with cops in northern IllinoisOct 18, 2020 7:00 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - Winnebago County sheriff's deputies and Rockford police officers will pair with mental health experts when responding to emergency psychiatric and ...
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Indiana city recruits officers in new TV commercial, websiteOct 18, 2020 7:00 am - KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) - A city in north central Indiana has launched a website and began airing a TV commercial this week in an effort to recruit more police officers. The c...
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Research indicates Mississippi River is older than thoughtOct 18, 2020 7:00 am - CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Research by a Southern Illinois University instructor and her graduate student indicates the Mississippi River is more than three times older tha...
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Indiana providing rental assistance during virus outbreakOct 18, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's Rental Assistance Portal is accepting applications for a program that provides eligible renters with up to six months in rental assistance ...
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Steelworkers union shines "Biden-Harris" light on Chicago's Trump TowerOct 18, 2020 1:00 am - Members of the United Steelworkers union brought their traveling "bat light" to Chicago overnight Friday to project their endorsement of Joe Biden onto Trump Tower. The ...
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Pritzker slams president, as new Illinois COVID-19 cases again exceed 4,000Oct 18, 2020 1:00 am - As Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker reacted to criticism from President Donald Trump of his restrictions aimed at fighting COVID-19, the Illinois Department of Public Health ...
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Suburbs to ramp up early voting starting MondayOct 18, 2020 1:00 am - Suburban voters already have cast more than 266,000 early or mail-in ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election, with early voting slated to expand across the reg...
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Rural Midwest hospitals struggling to handle virus surgeOct 17, 2020 7:00 am - WESSINGTON SPRINGS, S.D. (AP) - Rural Jerauld County in South Dakota didn't see a single case of the coronavirus for more than two months stretching from June to August....