SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health said Saturday that in the past 24 hours there have been 12,438 confirmed or probable cases of the new coronavirus. That would make the 2nd highest today since the pandemic began, as Friday’s total of just over 10,000 has been ...Read more
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden has defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States. Biden vanquished his Republican foe after a campaign as bitter and divisive as Trump’s own presidential term. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced that new procedures will be put into place at the check stations across the state during deer season this year due to COVID-19. Hunters are asked to stay in their vehicles and encouraged to arrive with their deer ...Read more
PRINCETON – Two individuals from Rhode Island are in custody after a traffic stop by the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team on Wednesday. TRIDENT stated they stopped 36-year-old Leonel A. Rosario of Providence, Rhode Island and 44-year-old Luz N. Torres of Cranston, Rhode Island on ...Read more
PRINCETON- The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department reported 32 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, as Illinois reports a record high number of infections statewide. They also note two additional cases in Putnam County and seven in Marshall County. Over 1,500 cases of the novel ...Read more
PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department reports Friday that 44 residents are the latest COVID-19 infections in the county. They also noted two more inmates at the Pontiac Correctional Center have also tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The prison has reported 142 cases ...Read more
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Black man paralyzed in a Wisconsin police shooting has reached a plea deal to settle a sexual assault case pending against him. Prosecutors in Kenosha charged 29-year-old Jacob Blake in July with sexual assaulting a woman and breaking into her home. Police were trying to ...Read more
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — Police reports indicate officers in the Chicago suburb of Waukegan didn’t immediately provide medical aid to a man after a police shooting due to fear that he or his girlfriend might be armed. No gun was recovered but in the reports the officers say they moved ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man is being held without bond after being accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend, her mother and her sister after the girlfriend refused to cook him breakfast and braid his hair. Authorities say John Matthews fled to Iowa after the June 22 fatal shooting of ...Read more
By DON BABWIN and JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s staff says he is self-isolating and awaiting test results after learning he may have been exposed to the coronavirus during a meeting earlier this week. It’s the third time during the ...Read more
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