By AMY FORLITI and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Activists for racial justice are demanding new laws after a Wisconsin prosecutor decided not to bring charges against the officer who shot Jacob Blake. They say it’ll take systemic changes before police are truly held ...Read more
PRINCETON – A woman in her 80’s from Bureau County has died from complications related to COVID-19. The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County health department on Wednesday announced that her death brings the total number of deaths in Bureau County to 68 since the pandemic began. They ...Read more
PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department on Wednesday announced 25 new COVID-19 infections among residents and one death, a woman in her 90’s, from complications related to the novel coronavirus. There have now been 58 deaths in Livingston County attributed to COVID-19 since ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois will make COVID-19 vaccinations available to residents age 65 and older in the next inoculation phase. Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave the update Wednesday as Illinois neared 1 million infections. The age is lower than a government advisory panel’s recommendation of 75. ...Read more
OTTAWA – 2 additional individuals have died from complications related to COVID-19 in LaSalle County. With the addition of these deaths, a female in her 80’s and another in her 90’s, the county has now seen 240 coronavirus related deaths since the pandemic began. The LCHD reported 96 ...Read more
STREATOR – Streator area residents gave their local Salvation Army the best Christmas gift to date. This year’s red kettle campaign not only reached its goal but exceeded it by over $10,000. The Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign faced a uniquely challenging 2020, falling short of ...Read more
Washington, DC – Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) released the following statement after the House voted to certify the 2020 Presidential Election: “As a lifelong conservative, I voted for President Trump because I want to continue to build on the successes borne by ...Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence says he doesn’t have the power to discard electoral votes that will make Democrat Joe Biden the next president on Jan. 20. That’s what Pence says in a statement issued minutes before he was to begin ...Read more
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say an off-duty officer is the latest victim of a carjacking in the city. The officer was driving on the South Side on Monday when three people climbed out of a car that had pulled in front of her and ordered her out of the vehicle. ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Activist Chicago priest the Rev. Michael Pfleger has been asked to step aside due to allegations of sexual abuse. The Archdiocese of Chicago announced Tuesday that its Office for Child Abuse Investigations and Review received an allegation that Pfleger sexually abused a minor ...Read more
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