COMPTON – The new water tower for the village of Compton has been erected. It will be some time before it is put into service, but the major construction on the corner of Main & 4th Street is complete. The village received a loan of $680,000 and a grant of $956,000 from the U.S. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — School will be different when a new academic year starts this fall, but whether students are still learning remotely or the number of days per week they attend class will likely vary by location and district. The Illinois State Board of Education is expected to release ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday announced 658 new cases of COVID-19, including 23 additional confirmed deaths statewide. Since the pandemic began there have been a total of 136,762 cases, including 6,647 deaths, in 101 counties in Illinois. The preliminary ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department on Sunday say two new cases of Coronavirus Disease have been discovered. They say two men, one in his teens and another in his 40’s have tested positive for the disease. Since the pandemic began, 139 residents of the county have been ...Read more
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — A 46-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to eight federal charges stemming from the 2019 shooting death of an Illinois state trooper. Christopher R. Grant of East St. Louis faces gun and drug charges in the death of Nicholas Hopkins. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College graduate Devanshi Patel of La Salle was honered with college’s Frederick W. Matthiessen Award. Patel is transferring to Northern Illinois University this fall and plans to eventually attend medical school and become a physician. She was the ...Read more
OTTAWA – OSF HealthCare has opened wound care clinics in Mendota, Ottawa and Streator. “We were referring a lot of our patients off to different towns in surrounding communities for wound care, and when you’re in a rural setting, just driving down the road 30 miles can be burden,” ...Read more
PONTIAC – A Livingston County man is dead after a Friday night motorcycle crash. Authorities say that around 9 PM they were called to Old Route 66 in rural Pontiac for a single vehicle motorcycle crash. The Livingston County Coroner says that 54-year-old Scott N. Lightbody was ...Read more
PONTIAC – One more resident of Livingston County has tested positive for COVID- 19. On Saturday the Livingston County Health Department announced a man in his 20’s tested positive, who is recovering at home in isolation. As of June 20, the department has received 2,145 COVID-19 test ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois public health officials unfortunately have more on their plate than just the coronavirus. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported on Saturday that 23 cases across Illinois have been confirmed of what is a multi state outbreak of a food borne parasite. ...Read more
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