PEKIN, Ill. (AP) — A 99-year-old central Illinois woman has voted in every presidential election since 1944 including this year. The (Peoria) Journal Star reports Harriet Harris of Pekin cast an early ballot Friday at the Tremont Community Center. She said she studied a sample ballot at home ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department reports 24 new novel coronavirus cases on Sunday. The cases range in ages from four children under 13 years of age to three people in their 80s. The Sunday cases came after yesterday’s record 57 new cases, and makes the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health said on Sunday that 4,062 new cases of coronavirus have been reported. The state also said that 24 people died of the virus in the past 24 hours. Saturday, the state reported over 6,100 new cases, the most of any other state in the ...Read more
PERU – The annual hydrant flushing in Peru will begin on Monday and continue through November 4th. Residents should expect it to continue from 7 AM until 3:30 PM weekdays until the project is complete. The city notes that you may experience low water pressure or even rusty water. Residents ...Read more
PERU – A research article co-authored by an Illinois Valley Community Hospital physician has been published in the October 15th edition of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. The article, which summarizes current knowledge about the causes of bone marrow ...Read more
OTTAWA – LaSalle County and the state of Illinois saw record coronavirus cases reported on Saturday. The LaSalle County Health Department says 57 people tested positive in the past 24 hours for the novel coronavirus, while the state reports 6,161 new cases. While no new deaths were ...Read more
GRAND RIDGE – A Streator man has died two weeks after a fatal crash that also took the life of an Ottawa teen. On the evening of October 8th authorities were called to the intersection of East 18th and North 21st road for the crash east of Grand Ridge. According to authorities ...Read more
SHERIDAN – A Sheridan man is dead after what authorities are calling a freak car deer crash Friday morning. The Grundy County Coroner said that a vehicle traveling south on Route 71 near North 47th road struck a deer which sent the animal airborne into a northbound vehicle driven by ...Read more
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Physician Ngoze Ezike, the state’s public health director, is pleading with Illinois residents to resist “COVID fatigue” and to keep wearing face coverings after months of the coronavirus pandemic. The ...Read more
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago police chief says an officer who shot a Black couple inside a vehicle has been fired after committing “multiple policy and procedure violations.” The shooting earlier this week in Waukegan, Illinois, killed 19-year-old Marcellis Stinnette and ...Read more
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