STREATOR – A fire at a glass factory in Streator kept crews busy in the early hours of Saturday. After midnight the Streator Fire Department say they were called to the 900 Block of North Shabbona Street to the Owens glass factory for a fire. Crews arrived in around three minutes and ...Read more
PONTIAC – Four more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19. The Livingston County Health Department said that a female in her 40’s, a female in her 60’s, and a female and male in their 70’s. All 20 current active cases are currently recovering in isolation. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A Springfield Park Board member is proposing a name change for the city’s Douglas Park, named for the legendary U.S. senator from Illinois, Stephen Douglas, whom research has shown profited from slavery.Lisa Badger tells The (Springfield) State Journal-Register ...Read more
PERU – Five students pursuing college degrees in nursing and other healthcare-related fields are the recipients of scholarships totaling $5,000 from the Illinois Valley Community Hospital Auxiliary. Recipients of the $1,000 awards include: Melissa Mata of Peru, who received the Ruth Daniels ...Read more
MENDOTA – A child was taken to a Peoria hospital in fair condition after being found unresponsive in a smoke filled apartment. The Mendota and Troy Grove Fire Departments and EMS were called around 10:30 PM Friday to the 100 block of 20th St. in Mendota for smoke in a multi-unit building. ...Read more
OTTAWA – Ottawa now has a human milk depot at the OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center. The center will be collecting human milk donations from healthy, lactating women who are approved donors through Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Wester Great Lakes. The donations are then sent to the milk ...Read more
PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department will be hosting a mobile COVID-19 testing site from 8 AM to 4 PM on August 17th and 18th at their location – 310 E. Torrance Ave in Pontiac. There is no appointment necessary and people do not have to be experiencing symptoms in order to be ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Survey teams with the National Weather Service have confirmed that 14 tornadoes touched down Monday in northern Illinois when a rare storm known as a derecho swept parts of the Midwest. The weather service’s Chicago office said in a Thursday update that it confirmed a ...Read more
DIXON – The Lee County Sheriff’s Office say a man that fled a traffic stop where gunfire was exchanged last week may have stolen another vehicle. On Friday they say that 34-year-Donald E. Powell earlier this month allegedly stole a relatives white Dodge Charger in Colorado after ...Read more
OTTAWA – A woman in her 90’s is the latest Covid-19 related death in LaSalle County. Friday, the LaSalle County Health Department said the woman becomes the 29th death in the county since the pandemic began. Also Friday, the Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County Health Departments ...Read more
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