By MARISSA PLESCIA of Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. undefined CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Meg Moynihan knows what it’s like to struggle. In 2016 she and her husband, who own an organic dairy farm in Minnesota, found themselves without a processor, which turns farm milk into a
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CHICAGO (AP) — Murals celebrating LGBTQ life will be coming to Chicago, including to the Magnificent Mile shopping district in the coming days. The work by Chicago artist Sam Kirk was on display in New York City during WorldPride last year, which marked the 50th anniversary of the 1969
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By JOHN 0’CONNOR and DON BABWIN Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Police say the 48-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting two co-workers and critically wounding another at a central Illinois warehouse Friday died after apparently shooting himself. Springfield Police Chief
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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois officials released their daily Covid-19 case count on Friday, and it is slightly less than the day before. Illinois Department of Public Health says 857 people were confirmed positive for coronavirus, and 39 people died in the past 24 hours. However, unlike many
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Conservation Police want residents to please leave the black bear visiting western Illinois alone. Authorities have been monitoring the bear since it arrived from Wisconsin on June 10th. It was last spotted downstate near Macomb
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BLOOMINGTON — The American Red Cross is testing all blood, platelet and plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies, providing donors insight into whether they have been exposed to this coronavirus for a limited time. Antibody testing will indicate if the donor’s immune system has produced
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PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department on Thursday announced two new cases of COVID-19. They say the positive tests were from a man in his 40’s and a woman in her 50’s, both of whom are recovering at home in isolation. They say the man was asymptomatic at the time of
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UTICA – Officials have announced a toxic microcystin bloom in parts of the Illinois River. The Illinois EPA say they found toxins in samples collected near Starved Rock Lock & Dam. Authorities warn that the source could be blue-green algae, and it could cause adverse health effects in
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PARK FOREST – The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team say that a person they were seeking for alleged drug offenses was taken into custody in Cook County. They reported that around 11 AM Thursday the US Marshalls and the Cook County SHeriff’s Fugitive Unit took 39-year-old
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By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Two brothers who threatened to stop cooperating with prosecutors in the case against actor Jussie Smollett have changed their mind. In a statement issued Thursday, an attorney representing Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, said that two who have
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