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Southern Indiana's ice cream trail serves up treats, townsAug 15, 2020 7:00 am - BEDFORD, Ind. (AP) - Double dips, triple scoops, twirly cones and root beer floats. The Discover Southern Indiana Ice Cream Trail is giving ice cream lovers with a wande...
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4 Indiana cities sue Netflix, Hulu for unpaid franchise feesAug 15, 2020 7:00 am - VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) - Four Indiana cities are suing video streaming services, including Netflix and Hulu, seeking to require them to pay the same franchise fees to loc...
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New website reviews restaurants based on virus precautionsAug 15, 2020 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - One recent night, Ashley Swanson and his wife wanted to order takeout from a local restaurant. The couple were deciding where to go and what to e...
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Police keep marchers off major Chicago expresswayAug 15, 2020 7:00 am - A march that could have snarled traffic on Chicago's South Side on Saturday turned out to be a lot less disruptive than expected when police kept protesters off of the m...
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Longtime Indiana casino riverboat departs for last timeAug 15, 2020 7:00 am - ELIZABETH, Ind. (AP) - A riverboat that was a floating casino for more than two decades has left its southern Indiana dock for the last time. The Glory of Rome riverboat...
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Thompson mourned by suburbanites who knew him wellAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - Here's a sampling of the reaction in the suburbs to news of the death of former Illinois Gov. James “Big Jim” Thompson: • Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneide...
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Illinois adds 1,828 new COVID-19 cases, 5 deathsAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - Illinois reported 1,828 new coronavirus cases and five new deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday. One of the deaths was from DuPage County, a woman in her 90s, and a man in ...
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One night in 1988, Jim Thompson twisted arms to keep the Sox in ChicagoAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - Time didn't just stand still for the White Sox in 1988. It went backward. The clock on the wall of the Illinois House of Representatives chamber read 12:03 a.m. when the...
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Former Illinois Gov. Thompson, who fought corruption, diesAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - CHICAGO - Former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson, whose prosecutions of public officials - including a predecessor - helped catapult him to become the state's longest-se...
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James Thompson: Fierce prosecutor including of a governor, became one, defended oneAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - Back when there was such a thing as a liberal Republican politician, James R. Thompson was the GOP's rising star. "Big Jim" - he stood 6 feet 6 inches - was Illinois' lo...