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July 28 COVID-19 case totals by county, and some suburbsJul 27, 2020 11:00 pm - Since the outbreak began, there have been 86,117 COVID-19 cases in the suburbs as of Monday, 49.6% of the state's total, according to the Illinois Department of Public H...
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Rozner: In Illinois, you can always bet on one winner. And it's not you.Jul 27, 2020 11:00 pm - Even if you're not interested in sports betting, you have to be fascinated by the politics of what's occurred over the last few weeks. It's enough to make you wonder wh...
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State reports 30 more COVID-19 deaths, 1,076 infectionsJul 27, 2020 11:00 pm - State health officials announced 30 COVID-19-related deaths Tuesday and 1,076 new cases of the disease were diagnosed. That's the highest single-day death toll since 36...
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For defending Illinois Open champ, question remains: To caddy or to play?Jul 27, 2020 11:00 pm - David Cooke won the Illinois Open as an amateur in 2015 and last year as a professional. He may well have problems just making his first-round tee time to open his title...
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Work progressing on Indiana park honoring 2 slain girlsJul 27, 2020 7:00 am - DELPHI, Ind. (AP) - Progress is being made on construction of a northern Indiana park honoring two teenage girls who were killed in 2017 while fundraising continues for ...
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Walgreens CEO Pessina to step down, become executive chairJul 27, 2020 7:00 am - Walgreens' Stefano Pessina will step down as CEO and become executive chairman once the drugstore chain finds a replacement for him. The current executive chairman, for...
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Indiana nature preserve closed due to overuse, trash woesJul 27, 2020 7:00 am - WILLIAMSPORT, Ind. (AP) - The Nature Conservancy has closed a western Indiana nature preserve that features dramatic walled canyons because visitors flocking to the scen...
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Pritzker, COVID-19 numbers not 'moving in right direction'Jul 27, 2020 7:00 am - ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (AP) - On the sixth straight day that Illinois officials reported more than 1,000 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19, Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday again...
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Chicago Police: Violence drops after 2 new units rolled outJul 27, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - There has been a reduction in homicides and shooting incidents in Chicago since the city's police force launched two units aimed at combating gun violence...
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Indiana's mask mandate takes effect in bid to slow virusJul 27, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - State health officials added three more coronavirus-related deaths to Indiana's pandemic total on Monday, the same day the governor's statewide manda...