Articles filed under Region
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Museum traces shuttered mental hospital's unmarked gravesSep 26, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - In the northwest corner of the old Central State Hospital grounds lies a nondescript field, bordered by a chain-link fence and choked by weeds and ta...
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Probe into 'discarded' ballots becomes campaign outrage fuelSep 26, 2020 7:00 am - HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - The news release from a U.S. attorney in Pennsylvania was provocative: Nine mailed-in military ballots had been 'œdiscarded'ť by the local electio...
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Indiana State graduate's $250K gift to create cancer centerSep 26, 2020 7:00 am - TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - An Indiana State University graduate who went on to a decades-long career in manufacturing has donated $250,000 to the western Indiana school fo...
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Woman charged after husband fatally struck by car on highwaySep 26, 2020 7:00 am - HARDINSBURG, Ind. (AP) - A 39-year-old woman has been charged with reckless homicide in the death of her husband who was struck by a car along an Indiana highway after t...
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Illinois joins pact to protect monarch butterflies' habitatSep 26, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Four state agencies have signed a pact to protect monarch butterflies and other important pollinators whose numbers are dwindling. Representati...
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Illinois community forms panel to stop nuclear plant closureSep 26, 2020 7:00 am - BYRON, Ill. (AP) - A local panel was recently formed in an Illinois community in hopes of preventing a nuclear energy company from closing its plant. Byron Station Respo...
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Agriculture workers risk safety and health during pandemicSep 26, 2020 7:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Pedro Cabrera Flores, 70, had spent the past eight summers packing green beans into cans in Gillett, Wisconsin. In order to be hired again, he had...
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Indiana sheriff says he'll pay settlement in shoving lawsuitSep 26, 2020 7:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - A northeastern Indiana sheriff has agreed to pay $55,000 to cover the county's settlement of a lawsuit over allegations that he shoved a 15-year-...
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US colleges struggle to salvage semester amid outbreaksSep 26, 2020 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Colleges across the country are struggling to salvage the fall semester amid skyrocketing coronavirus cases, entire dorm complexes and frat houses u...
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New Illinois COVID-19 cases top 2,000 for 3rd day in a rowSep 26, 2020 1:00 am - After running around 1,500 new positive COVID-19 cases a day for the first four days of the week, new cases climbed well above 2,000 for the third day in a row Saturday....