LASALLE – Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger voiced his concern Friday for the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home which has taken 33 lives at the facility. Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday that Illinois National Guard staff will be assisting staff and ...Read more
WASHINGTON – Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth is asking the State Department to continue to try to negotiate the return of a Lombard, Illinois man who was believed to have been taken by Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan in January. The Senator wrote Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ...Read more
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois man accused of murder who was mistakenly released from prison last month is back in custody. Champaign County Sheriff Dustin Heuerman says Darrion White was arrested Thursday in the Chicago suburb of Glenwood by the U.S. Marshals Service. The 20-year-old ...Read more
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — As Illinois prepares to receive the first doses of vaccine to combat the coronavirus pandemic, state officials are urging residents to take the shots when they become available. The Pfizer vaccine entered its final stages of ...Read more
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin is poised to become the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and that would make him a key ally of President-elect Joe Biden. It’ll be up to Durbin to help Biden achieve his goals on judicial ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge has upheld the firing of a Chicago police officer for his role in the alleged cover-up of police actions in the 2014 murder of Laquan McDonald. Judge Sophia Hall on Thursday ruled the Chicago Police Board made a sound decision in dismissing Officer Ricardo Viramontes for ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Data shows Illinois residents shopped for more guns and applied for firearm permits more than any other time in the state’s history as the COVID-19 pandemic raged and Chicago dealt with civil unrest. Illinois State Police statistics show there have been more than ...Read more
PONTIAC – Forty-five more residents of Livingston County and one inmate at Pontiac Correctional Center have tested positive for COVID-19. The Livingston County Health Department also reported Thursday that two more resident have also died due to complications related to COVID-19, a woman ...Read more
DIXON – Lee County Health Department reported 30 new positive COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with 2 from the correctional center. They also stated that 23 Lee County residents have recovered from coronavirus and have been released from isolation. The county health department has seen a total ...Read more
OTTAWA – 6 additional coronavirus related deaths were confirmed by the LaSalle County Health Department Thursday. The individuals ranged in age from their 50’s to their 90’s, and with their addition, there have now been a total of 167 COVID-19 related deaths throughout LaSalle County. ...Read more
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