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DEKALB – 9 additional positive cases of COVID-19 were announced Thursday in DeKalb County. The county has now seen 630 positive cases of coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, along with 20 total deaths. 415 of these cases are now recovered, and 11,628 negative tests confirmed. ...Read more

OTTAWA – LaSalle County Health Department confirmed five more cases of COVID-19 in the county. These cases are a female and male in their 20s, a female in her 20s, a male in his 40s, and a male in his 50s. The LCHD also reported 4 more recovered cases of COVID-19. There have been a total of ...Read more

SHERIDAN- A house fire in Sheridan before midnight heavily damaged a home.   Around 11:30 PM Sheridan, Serena and Newark Fire Departments were called to the 400 block of West Pleasant Street.   Before 6 AM Thursday crews had to return to the scene as the fire had rekindled.  Nobody was present ...Read more

SENECA – A man wanted for multiple felonies in Missouri was taken into custody in Seneca Wednesday.   According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office, they say around 2:30 PM they, along with members of the U.S. Marshal’s Service arrested 33-year-old Rickey O. Gamble of ...Read more

PONTIAC – The Livingston County supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children will be moving from paper checks to benefit cards.   The Livingston County Health Department announces that the EBT cards will streamline the assistance process.  Each household will be issued one ...Read more

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Police say they’re creating a citywide crime fighting unit to combat the kind of gun violence that over the July 4 weekend left 17 people dead and dozens more wounded. The department announced this week that the unit will be deployed to halt sudden outbursts of gun ...Read more

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A federal grand jury has returned several new charges against an Illinois man accused of fatally shooting a sheriff’s deputy who was part of a federal fugitive task force trying to serve an arrest warrant. The Rockford grand jury in a superseding indictment returned ...Read more

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writers United Airlines is sending layoff warnings to 36,000 employees, nearly half its U.S. staff. It’s the clearest signal yet of how deeply the COVID-19 pandemic is hurting the airline industry. United officials said Wednesday that they still hope to limit the ...Read more

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — Ballots from a Illinois sheriff election are being recounted – 20 months later. Tony Brown has been serving as Macon County sheriff after defeating Jim Root, a Republican, by one vote out of roughly 40,000 cast in 2018. The recount started Tuesday and could last ...Read more