CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman who last month became the nation’s first COVID-19 patient to undergo a double lung transplant says she woke up days later, unaware about the surgery and unable to “recognize my body.” Mayra Ramirez said that before she fell ill she was an ...Read more
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Bradley University says a dozen students who tested positive for COVID-19, including some who attended a social gathering after they led freshman orientation programs this month. Bradley says the cases were traced back to an off-campus event in which attendees didn’t ...Read more
By JOHN O’CONNOR and SARA BURNETT Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — State Sen. Iris Martinez, a state and national Democratic Party leader, on Thursday joined a burgeoning group of Democratic lawmakers _ all women _ calling for Michael Madigan to reliquish his decades-long grip on ...Read more
OTTAWA – Flanked by state and local officials, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker spoke Thursday afternoon at a building near the LaSalle County Health Department in Ottawa. The Governor warned of the cases of COVID-19 being on the rise and stressed the importance of wearing a mask. The ...Read more
MENDOTA – The Mendota Drivers services facility will be closed until August 12th because an employee tested positive for Covid-19. According to Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, the facility at 108 E. 12th Street is being cleaned and sanitized according to CDC guidelines, and the ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department reports 26 new Covid-19 cases in the county in the past 24 hours. The new cases range in ages from six people in their 20’s to a woman in her 80’s. The 26 make 467 total cases since the pandemic began. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Department of Public Health announced on Thursday that new cases of Covid-19 have hit a 2 month high. Thursday, the state announced 1772 new cases, the highest daily case total since May 24th. Deaths so far and maintaining a relative low rate. Only 18 people in ...Read more
OTTAWA – Governor J.B. Pritzker is scheduled to appear in Ottawa Thursday at the LaSalle County Health Department. Last week the county was moved into what the state calls a ‘Warning Level’ and asked the public to limit large family and social gatherings to help reduce the ...Read more
PRINCETON – A Chicago man was arrested after meth was found in his vehicle during a traffic stop on I-80 on Tuesday. The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team say that around 8:45 AM they stopped a vehicle driven by 40-year-old Germane M. Flemons of Chicago near milepost 56 in Bureau ...Read more
PERU – A Granville man is in custody after being arrested on drug charges in Peru on Wednesday. The Peru Police Department say that 25-year-old Devonte L. Williams was charged with Unlawful Delivery of a Controlled Substance-Cocaine after an investigation into narcotics sales in the ...Read more
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