By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL AP Personal Finance Writer CHICAGO (AP) – A convenience store chain is offering a free beverage or sandwich in exchange for them. A laundromat owner drove 4 hours to get $8,000 worth. A young girl in Illinois wrote the tooth fairy saying she’ll gladly take
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BELLEVILLE Ill. (AP) — A southwestern Illinois man is facing charges alleging that he ran over his wife with a truck, killing her, while he was intoxicated. Sixty-two-year-old Teddy Weil was charged Monday with two counts of aggravated DUI in connection with Saturday night’s death of
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PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Department on Tuesday announced three new infections in Bureau County of the novel coronavirus. They say three women, ranging in age from their 20’s to their 70’s tested positive. Since the pandemic began Bureau County
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LASALLE – The LaSalle Pool will be open for free today, the last day of the season. The hours will be 12-7 with a rest period at 2:40 and 5:00. Veteran’s Memorial Pool is located on McArther Road between Saint Vincents Avenue and Tonti Street.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Public Schools have released a “final reopening framework” that gives specifics on how much time each grade will spend daily learning remotely as the coronavirus pandemic continues. The Chicago Teachers Union on Tuesday immediately criticized school officials,
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The University of Notre Dame has canceled in-person undergraduate classes for two weeks after a spike of coronavirus cases that occurred since the semester began Aug. 10. University president the Rev. John Jenkins says he decided against sending students home after
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — State officials say one of the two men convicted of murdering Michael Jordan’s father in 1993 will be released from prison in three years. The N.C. Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission announced in a three-paragraph statement on Tuesday that it has granted
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DEKALB – 9 more residents of DeKalb County are reported to have tested positive for COVID-19, the health department reported. In total, 1,031 cases have been confirmed by the DeKalb County Health Department, with 32 deaths since the pandemic began. Willow Crest Nursing Pavilion is currently
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department confirmed that a female in her 80’s is the latest COVID-19 related death in the county. The LCHD has now reported 35 total coronavirus related deaths since the start of the pandemic, with 995 total cases. 33 new positive cases were announced
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SPRINGFIELD – 1,740 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Illinois on Tuesday, as well as 27 additional deaths. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported that the state has seen 209,594 cases in total, along with 7,782. The IDPH also released a new COVID-19 travel map to help inform
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