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CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS PHOTO BY PETER HANCOCK | Dr. Ngoki Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, speaks during a news conference with Gov. J.B. Pritzker about a fifth case of COVID-19 reported in Illinois. During a news conference last week at the Capitol in Springfield, Pritzker said the state was working with local governments and agencies “to prepare if there is any further spread” of the coronavirus.

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Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.

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