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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...
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Illinois revenues drop $1.1B in fiscal 2020 due to pandemicJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois revenues dropped more than $1.1 billion in the fiscal year that ended last month due to the coronavirus' impact on the state's economy,...
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Coronavirus deaths take a long-expected turn for the worseJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A long-expected upturn in U.S. coronavirus deaths has begun, driven by fatalities in states in the South and West, according to data on the pandemic. The...
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Indiana officials report 793 new confirmed virus casesJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Health officials in Indiana are reporting 793 additional confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus. The newly confirmed cases bring the state's total to ...
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Nearly 1,200 positive virus tests reported in IllinoisJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Nearly 1,200 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus have been reported in Illinois, state health officials announced Saturday. The Illinois Dep...
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Indiana welfare offices reopen to foot trafficJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has reopened Division of Family Resources offices in all 92 counties for Hoosiers preferring in...
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Illinois man pleads guilty to reckless homicide in crashJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - MONTICELLO, Ill. (AP) - An Illinois man will be sentenced in August after pleading guilty to reckless homicide in a January car crash that killed a 56-year-old woman. C...
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Illinois State program plans virtual camp for music studentsJul 11, 2020 7:00 am - NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Aspiring string musicians in Illinois can sign up for a virtual camp offered by the Illinois State University String Project this month. The virtual...