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Low turnout at Indiana funeral services blamed on COVID-19Aug 03, 2020 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Indiana funeral directors say they are seeing low attendance at services due to coronavirus concerns even after the state lifted a rule that lim...
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Indiana surpasses 68,000 confirmed COVID-19 virus casesAug 03, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana has surpassed 68,000 confirmed COVID-19 virus cases. The state's health department said Monday that 582 additional people have been diagnosed...
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July cannabis sales set record at nearly $61 millionAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - July was another record month for marijuana dispensaries in Illinois. The businesses sold more than $60.9 million worth of products, according to the Illinois Departmen...
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Without federal relief, state faces big budget cuts, Pritzker warnsAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday that Illinois faces the prospect of having to make deep spending cuts over the rest of the fiscal year if Congress does not ...
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Police announce arrest in 9-year-old's slayingAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - A suspect is in custody in the fatal shooting Friday of a 9-year-old boy who was playing on Chicago's Near North Side, police said Monday. Janari Ricks was shot and kill...
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Downstate accounts for 40% of Illinois' new COVID-19 cases, up from 10% three months agoAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - As COVID-19 cases in Illinois peaked in early May, downstate residents made up an average of 10% of the new cases each day. Over the past week, with cases surging once a...
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Chicago teachers, activists urge keeping schools closed during pandemicAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - As the debate heats up nationwide over the reopening of schools, Chicago teachers, activists and families rallied Monday outside Chicago City Hall to oppose a planned re...
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New interactive tool helps Hoosiers find canoes, kayaksAug 02, 2020 7:00 am - FRANKLIN, Ind. (AP) - A steady breeze rippled the placid water of the Driftwood River, breaking the tranquility surrounding the canoe. The rustling leaves of the towerin...
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Pet owners bonding with their dogs, cats during pandemicAug 02, 2020 7:00 am - SCHERERVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Schererville resident Tiffany Leigh's chihuahua Millie is generally attached to her, but never more so than during the coronavirus pandemic tha...
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8 dead and at least 19 wounded in weekend Chicago shootingsAug 02, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Gun violence continued to plague Chicago, with eight people killed, including a 9-year-old boy, and at least 19 other people wounded so far this weekend, ...