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Artist paints mural toasting beer, soda in southern IndianaOct 04, 2020 7:00 am - TELL CITY, Ind. (AP) - Sam Schaefer has been hip-deep in bottles of beer, soda and milk for nearly two years. The Tell City, Indiana, native and graduate of Herron Scho...
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2 young siblings die when father's truck collides with semiOct 04, 2020 7:00 am - MONTPELIER, Ind. (AP) - Two young siblings were killed when their father's pickup truck collided head-on with a semi-tractor trailer in eastern Indiana, authorities said...
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Pekin man re-sentenced in 1978 killings of 3 family membersOct 04, 2020 7:00 am - PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois man has been re-sentenced to life in prison in the 1978 killings of his mother, step-father and brother. Jimmy Childers was 17 whe...
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Lobbying group: Two-thirds of Indiana's hotels face closureOct 04, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - About two-thirds of Indiana's hotels could be forced to close permanently in the coming months if Congress doesn't provide more financial relief to t...
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Delays in verifying mail-in ballots will slow election tallyOct 04, 2020 7:00 am - Voters awaiting results in some of the key presidential battleground states on election night should be prepared to keep waiting, thanks to obstacles that will slow the ...
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Takada death upends Paris fashion; Givenchy unveils designerOct 04, 2020 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Paris Fashion Week was upended Sunday by the news of fashion designer Kenzo Takada's death at age 81. Reports say Takada died from COVID-19 complications, ...
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Illinois offers $5M in grants for meat and poultry producersOct 04, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - State officials have announced a $5 million grant program for Illinois meat and poultry producers affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Livesto...
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State reports 1,453 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, 17 more deathsOct 04, 2020 1:00 am - State health authorities announced 1,453 new confirmed COVID-19 infections in Illinois Sunday, ending a run of four straight days of more than 2,000 new cases. The Illin...
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Mating season means more Illinois auto crashes with deerOct 03, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois motorists should beware of more deer activity this time of year, particularly at dawn and dusk. Officials from the Illinois Department...
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Farmers expect neither feast nor famine in 2020 harvestsOct 03, 2020 7:00 am - PEKIN, Ill. (AP) - After a dry August, the State Climatologist Office for Illinois classified central Illinois counties as being either abnormally dry or in state of mod...