CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago City Council voted Friday to end horse-drawn carriage rides in the city after Dec. 31. Alderman Brendan Reilly, whose ward includes the city’s central business district, said he has tried to persuade carriage operators to “treat their animals in a humane ...Read more
CHICAGO (Chicago Sun-Times) — The Chicago Transit Authority will pay a $3 million settlement to a man whose leg was amputated after he was hit by a turning bus. The Chicago Sun-Times reports a Cook County judge approved the settlement Wednesday between the CTA and Raymond Baroud. The ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court will for the first time in its history hear oral arguments through videoconference because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The unusual procedure during May will allow the court’s seven justices to observe social distancing, a practice which ...Read more
MONMOUTH, Ill. (AP) — A western Illinois pork-processing plant is suspending operations after some of its employees contracted COVID-19. Smithfield Foods Inc. announced Friday that it will shutter operations at its Monmouth, Illinois, plant beginning Monday and until further notice. The ...Read more
MENDOTA- The Illinois Department of Public Health updated the statewide figures of new infections of the novel Coronavirus on Saturday. They now say out of 58 tests within the Mendota area, they have had a total of 9 positive cases since the pandemic began. There was no information available ...Read more
PRINCETON- Seven of the Bureau County COVID-19 cases have recovered. In an update Saturday, the Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Department also announced no new cases have been found. Since the pandemic began, Bureau County has reported no deaths and nine positive results. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday announced 2,119 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 80 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 41,777 cases, including 1,874 deaths, in 96 counties in Illinois. In the last 24 hours, over 11,000 tests ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department confirmed Saturday an additional COVID-19 case in LaSalle County bringing the total to 44 cases. The additional case is a woman in her 40’s who is in isolation. Public health officials are working actively to identify and investigate all ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (The State Journal-Register) — Illinois lawmakers are facing a May 3 deadline to approve a joint resolution that would alter how the state’s congressional and legislative maps are drawn to help make elections more competitive. Legislators typically draw maps every 10 ...Read more
OGLESBY – During a special emergency Saturday morning board meeting to discuss the computer hacking incident, Illinois Valley Community College President Dr. Jerry Corcoran said that an outside person or persons had locked up the school servers. Registration, payroll, and daily operations ...Read more
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