LASALLE – Authorities are warning of an unemployment benefits scam that is occurring around Illinois. The LaSalle Police Department on Wednesday alerted residents to a scam where individuals are receiving a debit card for unemployment benefits from the state which they never applied for. You ...Read more
OTTAWA – The price at the pump is lower in LaSalle and Livingston County on average than in some neighboring counties. That’s according to the American Automobile Association, who noted that Livingston County is around $2.08 a gallon, just below LaSalle and Grundy at a $2.14 average. ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker says efforts to identify cuts that can be made to Illinois’ budget will continue despite the postponement of the General Assembly’s veto session. Pritzker said Wednesday he will also try to convince the nation’s credit rating agencies not to ...Read more
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Wednesday was the sixth deadliest day since the coronavirus pandemic hit Illinois, and there were more people in the hospital than at any time since May, officials reported.The numbers prompted the Illinois Department of Public ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Department has received more than 500 complaints against its officers since late May, when demonstrations broke out in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Police officials say eight officers have been stripped of their police powers since that ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – An Ottawa Judge has been selected to take a seat with the Illinois Supreme Court. Justice Robert L. Carter of the 3rd District Appellate Court will be joining the state’s highest court on December 8th. His appointment came via a unanimous 6-0 vote. Justice Carter ...Read more
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A Chicago man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 14-year-old girl whose body was found in a Gary alley. Inspector Nick Gonzalez of the U.S. Marshals Service Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force says 35-year-old Deon Simmons was wanted in ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – 149 COVID-19 related deaths were confirmed by the Illinois Department of Public Health, the highest daily death count the state has seen since late May. The IDPH also reported 12,657 new confirmed and probable cases, for a total of 523,840 since the start of the pandemic, ...Read more
LASALLE – The LaSalle County Health Department reported Wednesday 149 new cases of the novel coronavirus in LaSalle County. The health department also reported 1 new death, a man in his 90’s, which makes the 87th LaSalle Countian to die of the disease since the first death was ...Read more
OTTAWA – A male in his 90’s is the most recent COVID-19 related death in LaSalle County. The County Health Department confirmed the death, the 87th since the start of the pandemic, along with 149 new confirmed and probable cases. In total, 4,035 cases have been confirmed by the LaSalle ...Read more
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