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The Latest: Illinois homes, gas station damaged by tornado

CHICAGO (AP) – The Latest on severe weather in the Midwest (all times local):

11:30 p.m.

A county emergency manager says at least four homes and a gas station sustained damaged when a tornado ripped through central Illinois.

Livingston County emergency manager Chuck Schopp tells The Associated Press that all the injuries reported so far were minor. Two people had been trapped inside a home, but he says they were able to escape.

The canopy of a gas station near Pontiac was damaged by heavy winds Wednesday night, as were a mobile home and three homes in or near the city.