CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a Chicago man has been charged with sexually assaulting a 7-year-old female relative in an act witnessed in an online forum used for remote teaching. Police say 18-year-old Catrell Walls is charged with a felony count of predatory criminal sexual assault of a ...Read more
OGLESBY- The Illinois Valley Community College agriculture program, along with partners AgView FS, Ford and Sons, GRAINCO FS, tenant farmer Luke Holly and University of Illinois Extension recently planted four cover crop demonstration plots on 60 acres of the college farm. Plots include cereal ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County Health Departments reported Saturday the latest COVID-19 death, a Bureau County man in his 60’s. This is the 2nd death in Bureau County from the virus in the past three days, and the 18th since the pandemic began. The LaSalle ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Continuing Education Center will be offering Food Service Sanitation courses face-to-face from 8:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday and Thursday Oct. 20 and 22 with the exam from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26. The course will assist the manager ...Read more
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A 3-year-old boy was fatally shot at an apartment building in Rockford. Police Chief Dan O’Shea says it wasn’t a drive-by shooting Thursday. O’Shea spoke to reporters Friday. The chief says the shooting occurred inside a room, but he declined to share ...Read more
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Seven Chicago police officers have been suspended for their roles in an incident in which then-Superintendent Eddie Johnson was found asleep behind the wheel of his SUV following a night of drinking. Superintendent David Brown decided to suspend two ...Read more
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois has set a new record for coronavirus infections, fueled by a large increase in testing. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 4,554 confirmed cases. That’s a 13% jump from the record set a day ...Read more
OTTAWA – The combination of high winds and low humidity will put North Central Illinois under a red flag warning for fire. With plenty of acres of fields still waiting to be harvested, it is advised that no burning of any type should be done. Winds gusting as high as 50 mph will make ...Read more
SIMPSON, Ill. (AP) — Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois has temporarily closed a popular lookout tower. There’s a large hole in the fence around the platform. The Forest Service plans to fix it as soon as possible. Trigg Lookout Tower is near Simpson in Johnson County. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Lee and DeKalb Counties are among 34 counties statewide now at warning levels for the novel coronavirus disease. A county gets on the warning list when 2 or more of the state’s risk indicators are exceeded. Lee County logged 199 cases per 100,000 people, 4 times the ...Read more
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