URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois woman who admitted being drunk when she drove off an unfinished bridge onto a highway, seriously injuring a man, has been sentenced to six years in prison. Thirty-year-old Ashia Marshall of Champaign was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty in June to ...Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Chicago and three other cities are suing the federal government to stop the proliferation of easy-to-assemble guns that require no serial numbers or background checks. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court asks a judge to stop the government from letting gun ...Read more
OGLESBY – Oglesby Mayor Dom Rivara and the Illinois Valley Community College board’s facilities committee have been discussing the feasibility of partnering with the city on a solar farm on campus. The Mayor said that Oglesby needs a solar farm to increase its renewable energy ...Read more
PRINCETON – New cases of COVID-19 were announced in Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall counties, the health department confirmed. 15 new cases were reported in Bureau County, 3 were reported in Putnam County, and 2 were reported in Marshall County. The Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County Health ...Read more
PONTIAC – Livingston County Health Department reported that two more residents of the county have tested positive for COVID-19. These cases are a male under the age of 20 and a female in their 50’s, who are both recovering in isolation. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Livingston ...Read more
LASALLE – LaSalle Peru High School announced Thursday that they will continue E-learning through October 16th due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the community. The decision to finish out the first quarter was made based on current data and what they believe will have the best ...Read more
OTTAWA – Another resident of LaSalle County has died from COVID-19 related complications, the LaSalle County Health Department reports. The individual, a female in her 80’s, is now the 45th coronavirus related death in the county. The LCHD also announced 28 additional cases, for a total ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced that 24 Illinoisans died in the past 24 hours from complications involving Coronavirus. The deaths range from a suburban St. Louis woman in her 50s to a woman in her 100s in LaSalle County. The LaSalle County death was ...Read more
MORRIS – Exelon announced Thursday that they will be closing the nuclear plants in Morris and Byron in fall of 2021. In a statement, they say the four reactors will shut down costing the area over 1,500 full time jobs and $63 million in tax revenue. According to Exelon, they say the ...Read more
BARBARA ORTUTAY and ANITA SNOW Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) Repeated calls for armed vigilantes to travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, to protect businesses following the police shooting of Jacob Blake spread across social media in the hours before two people were shot to death and a third was ...Read more
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