MENDOTA – A State of Emergency will be declared in Mendota Thursday to help combat the spread of COVID-19. The city announced that due to the 5 fold increase in the number of Coronavirus cases in the last 4 weeks, they will declare a Local State of Emergency on Thursday at approximately ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam, Marshall County Health Departments will suspend Covid-19 testing at the Princeton office Thursday. They say this is a temporary interruption resulting from staff numbers and new required trainings. The department also announced they are currently hiring ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a man who was stabbed to death in February outside of a Chicago bar is suing the bar and the man charged in the killing. Kenneth Paterimos’ family claims in their wrongful death lawsuit that the 23-year-old was targeted because he was gay and that the bar ...Read more
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Energy utility ComEd has pleaded not guilty to bribery at an arraignment despite previously admitting wrongdoing in an influence-peddling scheme that threatens to ensnare Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. The plea during a Wednesday ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois treasurer’s office is reporting the return of a billion dollars of unclaimed property to rightful owners or their survivors in the past five years. Treasurer Michael Frerichs on Wednesday said the amount set a record for any five-year period in the 58 ...Read more
TAYLORVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Republican Congressman Rodney Davis says he has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, Davis said he has taken his temperature twice daily since the start of the pandemic. He says his temperature was slightly elevated Wednesday and both he and his wife ...Read more
MENDOTA- The Mendota High School Board of Education held a special meeting Wednesday to discuss the COVID-19 rate in the district. They decided to delay the start of school to September 8th. MHS has announced that they will have multiple strategies to prevent the spread of COVID-19 with ...Read more
MARION, Ill. (AP) — Officials of the Federal Bureau of Prisons say an inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois has died of complications from COVID-19. The Bureau of Prisons revealed Wednesday that 65-year-old Earl James died Sunday after testing positive for the virus on July 22. ...Read more
DIXON – The Lee County Health Department announced Wednesday that two individuals in their 50’s have tested positive for COVID-19. Since the pandemic began there have been 148 cases and one death. One new person was considered recovered from the novel coronavirus, bringing the total ...Read more
PEORIA – Four teens were arrested during an investigation into car burglaries in Peoria Tuesday. The Peoria Police Department say that a surveillance operation in the 3400 block of North Dries Lane at a car dealership led to the arrests. Authorities say that on a previous date the ...Read more
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