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Health insurance changes for foster children to take effect TuesdayAug 31, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The state is moving ahead with its plan to shift an estimated 18,000 children from the child welfare system into a health care coverage plan despite warnin...
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Voting guidance specifies social distancing, recommends masksAug 31, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health has released in-person voting guidelines for election authorities to curb the spread of COVID-19 this year. Change...
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How border states' high COVID-19 positivity rates might affect IllinoisAug 31, 2020 1:00 am - Only 18 states have a lower two-week average COVID-19 positivity rate than Illinois, but few appear to be at a greater risk of seeing that rate increase. According to th...
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In downtown Antioch, support and worry ahead of Trump's visit to KenoshaAug 31, 2020 1:00 am - Downtown Antioch started returning to normalcy Monday, and residents and business owners expressed different opinions on a local teenager accused of killing two people a...
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Police: 2 Chicago officers, suspect shot during traffic stopAug 30, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two police officers were shot in a struggle with a suspect during a traffic stop in Chicago early Sunday, prompting a third officer to return fire, injuri...
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'Fanning the flames': Dems accuse Trump of stoking violenceAug 30, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats on Sunday accused President Donald Trump of trying to inflame racial tensions and incite violence to benefit his campaign as he praised suppo...
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A look at the story of Cairo, Illinois' Magnolia ManorAug 30, 2020 7:00 am - CAIRO, Ill. (AP) - Charles A. Galigher, and his wife, Adelia Lippit Galigher, moved to Cairo in the 1850s from Zanesville, Ohio, on the prospect of a risky business vent...
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South Bend woman finds her calling as a court reporterAug 30, 2020 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Stephanie Oldeck wanted to be a book editor. She earned a bachelor's degree in English from Central Michigan University and set out to fulfill he...
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Police: 1 dead, 5 injured in drive-by at Chicago restaurantAug 30, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - One person was killed and five others injured in a drive-by shooting Sunday afternoon at a restaurant on Chicago's far South Side, according to police. T...
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Restoration pushed for former segregated Indiana high schoolAug 30, 2020 7:00 am - JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) - It was a place where Black students were educated at a time when they couldn't go to school with their white peers, and local preservationist...