OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College announced they will be spending over $165,000 on internet technology upgrades after a spring semester marred by a compromised computer hack that disabled the systems at the school in April. The IVCC board approved an “Information ...Read more
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Surgeons in Chicago have given a new set of lungs to a young woman with severe lung damage from the coronavirus. Northwestern Medicine announced the procedure on Thursday. Only a few other COVID-19 survivors, in China and Europe, have received lung ...Read more
NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A 77-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman have died after they were struck by a pickup truck while crossing a street in suburban Chicago. Naperville police say the 64-year-old driver of a Toyota Tundra turned left late Wednesday afternoon onto a street where the victims ...Read more
By KATHLEEN FOODY and DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials say more than a dozen police officers and supervisors were captured on video “lounging” inside a burglarized congressional campaign office on the city’s South Side as people vandalized and stole ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 766 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state on Thursday, including 91 additional deaths. It’s been one week since the IDPH last announced a daily death toll over 100. There’ve now been a total of 130,603 total cases, ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department is holding a drive-thru COVID-19 Community Based Testing Site beginning June 17th. The site will be open from 9am to 1pm at the LaSalle County Emergency Management Agency Building, and will be run by appointment only. The testing site is open ...Read more
OTTAWA – An Ottawa woman is being held on a million dollars bond after being arrested on drug charges. The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office and the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Team say they took 21-year-old Claudia D. Smith into custody and charged her with one count of Unlawful ...Read more
OTTAWA, IL – Gas prices are on the rise, though LaSalle County still has about the lowest prices in North Illinois. According to AAA, gas prices in Illinois rose nearly 20 cents in the past month. LaSalle County has the 2nd lowest average gas prices in North Illinois, nearly 18 cents ...Read more
MENDOTA – Mendota District 289 is planning on exploring a number of options for students this fall when classes are set to resume. Due to the ongoing pandemic, however, it may not be a fully traditional start to the school year. Superintendent Dr. Kristen School laid out this week the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed the first mosquitoes to test positive for West Nile this season in Illinois. A positive mosquito batch was collected May 31 from River Forest and another was found June 5 in Evanston. No human cases of West Nile virus have ...Read more
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