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Bond with horse helps woman through transplant, amputationJul 12, 2020 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - She fell in love with him when they first began riding. Mary Ann Hope, 73, has been riding Flash for more than eight years now. He's a 28-year-o...
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10-4, good buddy: Truckers honor driver with brain cancerJul 12, 2020 7:00 am - SOUTH WHITLEY, Ind. (AP) - Semi-trucks, motorcycles and classic cars rolled through a rural area in northern Indiana to honor a fellow trucker who is dying from brain ca...
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Community college seeks help with children's face masksJul 12, 2020 7:00 am - DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A Danville Area Community College dean is appealing to the public for help making cloth face masks that will prepare children at a neighboring elem...
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Pritzker urges use of face coverings as state reports 954 more COVID-19 casesJul 12, 2020 1:00 am - State health officials reported another 954 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, as well as another 20 deaths from the virus. The report ends a run of three consecutiv...
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July 12 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeJul 12, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 78,079 cases in the suburbs as of Sunday, 51% of the state's total, accordin...
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Community gardens help to feed food insecure during pandemicJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Sharrona Moore makes a promise every year: to donate half of what her garden grows. But it's not really her garden, it's the community's garden. Moo...
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5 killed including teen in Chicago weekend gun violenceJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Five people including a 15-year-old boy were killed in separate shootings from Friday afternoon into early Saturday, Chicago Police said. Police said the...
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6-year-old donates lemonade stand money to injured teenagerJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) - Gavin Whitacre, a 6-year-old student at Eastern Elementary School in Howard County, had an idea to start a lemonade stand to make a little money to p...
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Hundreds of counterfeit watches shipped into ChicagoJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Nearly 200 counterfeit watches were found in late June and early July at a mail facility at O'Hare International Airport, federal authorities said this we...
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Winter wheat harvesting underway in central IllinoisJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - Bloomington, Ill. (AP) - Combines are hitting the fields as winter wheat harvesting is underway in Central Illinois. The Fourth of July holiday weekend often signals har...