DEKALB – Area health departments have announced 20 additional cases of COVID-19 in DeKalb County and 8 more cases in Bureau County. Since the start of the pandemic, DeKalb County has reported 1,080 positive cases with 33 deaths. 332 cases have been confirmed from Bureau County along with 4 ...Read more
OTTAWA – Two more individuals have died from COVID-19 related complications, the LaSalle County Health Department confirmed. The individuals were females in their 80’s and 100’s, and there have now been 41 coronavirus related deaths in the county. The health department also reported 32 ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – 1,612 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported Monday by the Illinois Department of Public Health, along with 8 additional deaths. The state has reported 221,790 total cases since the beginning of the pandemic and 7,888 deaths. The IDPH reported that 36,155 coronavirus ...Read more
OTTAWA – Ottawa High School began last week with a quarter of the students attending classes in person one day a week with E-Learning scheduled every a Friday, but it was announced over the weekend all students will learn from home for at least two weeks. In a statement, the school said ...Read more
STREATOR – On Friday Woodland School District announced a sixth grade student has tested positive for COVID-19. Superintendent Ryan McGuckin said that due to the individual having come into contact with staff, other students and employees at the school, all sixth grade students would ...Read more
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — A low census response rate in southern Illinois is putting millions of federal dollars for infrastructure improvements, education and social service programs at risk. The Southern Illinoisan reports that as of Monday, only about 46% of Carbondale households had responded ...Read more
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A Champaign man who drove into a crowd of people and fled the scene has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. The News-Gazette reported Derek Overton was sentenced Thursday for the Sept. 24, 2019 incident that left one man paralyzed. Overton says he drove into the crowd of ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The state of Illinois said it’s investigating a delay in responding to abuse and neglect complaints at long-term care facilities during the coronavirus pandemic. The state’s Bureau of Long-Term Care didn’t properly process complaints from March 15 to ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities are reporting the arrest of six people outside the home of Chicago’s mayor, where protesting has been limited through enforcement of an ordinance barring protests in residential areas. Four women and two men were taken in custody and charged with misdemeanor ...Read more
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Frank Cullotta, a former mobster turned government witness who had a cameo role in the 1995 movie “Casino” and later was a Las Vegas mob museum tour guide, has died. He was 81. The Mob Museum says Cullotta died Thursday in a Las Vegas hospital from coronavirus ...Read more
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