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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

SPRINGFIELD- Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced Wednesday that expiration dates for driver’s licenses/ID cards and license plate stickers have been extended an additional month – from Oct. 1, 2020, to Nov. 1, 2020. This also includes those who have July, August and September ...Read more

PRINCETON – No new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Bureau, Putnam, or Marshall County on Wednesday, the health department stated. There have been 44 total confirmed cases of coronavirus in the counties served by the Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County Health Departments. 31 of those ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 980 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, with 36 additional deaths. The individuals who have passed away from complications related to coronavirus ranged in age from their 40s to their 90s. As of Tuesday evening, ...Read more

DEKALB – 5 more positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in DeKalb County on Wednesday. The DeKalb County Health Department announced that there have now been a total of 621 cases of coronavirus in the county since the pandemic began, with 20 deaths. 415 of these cases have since ...Read more