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31 Aug, 2020
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Teachers, families prepare for remote learning with creativity; urge ‘latitude and grace’
Allison Acker delivered Aaliyah Sanders her brand new car Wednesday. Sanders hasn't even started first grade yet.
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Traffic on Cook Street will be reduced to one lane in each direction from 11th to King Drive

Cook Street from 11th Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive will be reduced to one lane in each direction for asphalt paving by city crews beginning Monday.

Nearly 2,000 new COVID cases reported in state; contact tracing center to open in Jacksonville

The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday announced nearly 2,000 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19, plus 11 additional deaths.

 
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Arkansas sheriff resigns after leaked audio of racist rant draws protesters, backlash

A sheriff in Arkansas resigned after audio of a racist rant was leaked online.

Health matters: How to find the doctor you need

Our last article talked about the shortcomings of online ratings of medical providers.

 
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‘Fanning the flames’: Dem accuse Trump of stoking violence

WASHINGTON - Democrats on Sunday accused President Donald Trump of trying to inflame racial tensions to benefit his campaign as he praised supporters who clashed with protesters in Portland, Oregon, where one man died overnight, and announced he will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, amid anger over the shooting of another Black man by police.

It’s not always the bars. Small gatherings can have big COVID-19 consequences.

Limited get-togethers of family and friends are emerging as sources of coronavirus infections, according to contract tracers.

‘Tenet’ launches with $53M in overseas gambit at box office

NEW YORK - The first wave of big new movies released since the beginning of the pandemic, including Christopher Nolan's mind-bending thriller "Tenet" and the long-delayed "X-Men" spinoff "The New Mutants," arrived in theaters over the weekend, testing the waters of a radically different theatrical landscape.

‘It’s surreal in the worst possible way’: Kenosha reels after Jacob Blake shooting and a week of violence

What began Aug. 23 shortly after 5 p.m. as a police call for a domestic incident has spiraled into rage and violence.

‘What a fool I was’: First lady’s ex-best friend tells all in revenge book ‘Melania & Me’

Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, close friend of first lady Melania Trump, has a new book detailing how she believes she was betrayed by woman she "loved.