Monday, August 23, 2021
Today’s headlines:
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The percentage of available intensive care beds has dropped below 20% in Illinois, as the number of COVID hospitalizations continues to rise.
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A pediatric hospitalist at the Children’s Hospital of Illinois in Peoria says a recent spike in childhood respiratory illnesses has her worried.
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A shooting in Champaign’s Campustown left a young man critically injured over the weekend.
In today’s deep dive, the third and final story in a series about sexual misconduct at Covenant Fellowship Church in Urbana.
Reporting today contributed by Christine Herman, Tim Shelley, Reginald Hardwick, Esther Yoon-Ji Kang and Susie An.
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