LOUISVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois state lawmaker is suing Gov. J.B. Pritzker for extending the state’s stay-at-home order in an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Republican State Rep. Darren Bailey of Xenia claims in the lawsuit filed Thursday in Clay County Circuit ...Read more
MENDOTA – Mayor Boelk announced Thursday that the Mendota Pool will not be opening this year. Mendota is not the only town keeping the doors to their pool closed this year. This announcement comes just two weeks after the city of Ottawa stated that their Riordan Pool would not ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Many Illinois State Parks will open beginning the first of May, including the I&M Canal and Shabbona Lake State Park. Starved Rock State Park, however, will remain closed. This all comes as part of Gov. Pritzker’s stay-at-home modifications, which also requires all ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD- Governor Pritzker assembled top researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago Department of Public Health, Illinois Department of Public Health, along with outside consulting groups in the last few ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD- Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday an extension to the statewide “Stay at Home” executive order that has been in place since March 21st. Residents will be asked to limit non-essential travel until May 30th and continue social distancing. The new executive order ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday announced 1,826 new cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 123 additional deaths. Currently, the IDPH is reporting a total of 36,934 cases, including 1,688 deaths, in 96 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ...Read more
OTTAWA- The LaSalle County Health Department has confirmed two additional COVID-19 cases bringing the total to 41 cases.since the beginning of the Pandemic. The additional cases are both females in their 50’s. The latest update also indicates that one of the newer cases is in Mendota, which ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed actor Jussie Smollett’s malicious prosecution lawsuit against Chicago and several police officers. The former “Empire” actor said he was beaten in a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago in January 2019. Chicago police charged ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is not keen on a suggestion by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that states like Illinois could file for bankruptcy to get out from under public employee pension debt. McConnell suggested the move Wednesday on a syndicated radio show. The ...Read more
PAW PAW – Paw Paw village President Michael Torman traveled to California to participate in a taping in February of the game show Jeopardy. The program aired Wednesday, where the Lee County man came up short during final Jeopardy of winning the game. Torman said he didn’t know he had ...Read more
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