PONTIAC – Another resident of Livingston County has tested positive for coronavirus, the health department announced on Tuesday. The individual who tested positive is a female in their 70s who is recovering in isolation at this time. As of Tuesday, the Livingston County Health Department ...Read more
DIXON – The Lee County Health Department reported an additional positive case of COVID-19 on Tuesday. With the new case, an individual in their 20’s, the county has now had 117 positive cases since the start of the pandemic, with 105 of those now recovered and 1 having passed away due to ...Read more
DEKALB – 13 additional positive cases of coronavirus were reported in DeKalb County on Tuesday. The DeKalb County Health Department announced that there have been 746 total cases in the county, along with 23 deaths from COVID-19 related complications. Of the long-term care facilities ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 955 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, including 23 additional deaths. Laboratories have reported 29,745 total specimens over the past 24 hours. The IDPH reports that since the start of the pandemic, the state has ...Read more
PRINCETON – 2 more cases of COVID-19 were reported in Bureau and Putnam Counties. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Bureau County has confirmed 54 confirmed cases and Putnam County has seen 3. Marshall County has confirmed 15 cases in total. The counties served by the Bureau, Putnam, ...Read more
OTTAWA – LaSalle County Health Department reported 7 additional cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, along with 6 new recovered cases. The age of those individuals who tested positive range from their 30s to their 80s. Since the start of the pandemic in the county, 350 have tested positive with ...Read more
OTTAWA – A number of reported funnel clouds darted across North Central Illinois Monday afternoon, but were all harmless. The cold air funnels were caused by the air aloft being colder than the air underneath the clouds. The National Weather Service did issue a special weather ...Read more
MENDOTA – Mendota City Council approved a request Monday from the Knights of Columbus regarding their annual People with Intellectual Disabilities Tootsie Roll Fundraiser. The group requested the use of the corners of Main and Meriden Streets for September 18 and 19. The annual event, one ...Read more
OGLESBY – At the Monday night Oglesby city council meeting it was announced that the community is ahead of the state average in responding to the 2020 census. In the latest update the Illinois Public Health Association noted that statewide the response was at 66.9%, with Oglesby at 72.3%. ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man whose relatives had not heard from in nearly four decades has been reunited with family members, thanks to a nursing home administrator who turned to social media after he entered the home with no known next of kin. The Chicago Tribune reported 77-year-old Antonio ...Read more
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