SERENA – The LaSalle County Highway Department announced a bridge on North 41st Road in Serena Township will be undergoing repair. Construction is set to begin Monday on the bridge two and three quarters miles west of County Highway 2. Work is expected to take four weeks to complete. ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A published report says federal prosecutors are seeking records on property tax appeals made to former Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios on more than 100 properties, including a mansion owned by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The Chicago Sun-Times reports the U.S. attorney’s office ...Read more
OTTAWA – The process to expunge prior convictions related to cannabis will begin soon in LaSalle County. State’s Attorney Karen Donnelly announced on Friday that her office has received a check for $12,285 for review of cannabis cases eligible for expungement. The funds, provided ...Read more
Two New Confirmed Cases – 62 Cases Total in Livingston County Livingston County, IL – Two more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus disease). Livingston County Health Department (LCHD) officials were notified of the new COVID-19 cases on July 19, ...Read more
CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health released the daily Covid-19 count Sunday afternoon and reported six new deaths. That ties for the lowest daily death count since March 25th. However, the positive cases continue to show an uptick since the lows were reached in June with ...Read more
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Police say 13 people were shot and wounded after a fight broke out along the riverfront in the central Illinois city of Peoria. Police spokeswoman Amy Dotson says none of the people who were shot early Sunday have wounds that are considered life-threatening. Officers ...Read more
AMBOY – Near simultaneous fires Sunday morning kept over a dozen fire departments busy in rural Lee County. Around 4:30 AM a call was put out for two fires in farm structures 3/4 of a mile apart in the 1400 block of Sterling Road outside of Amboy. Crews battled the blaze for over ...Read more
By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Most Chicago children would return to the classroom two days a week and spend the other three days learning remotely once the school year begins under a tentative plan outlined by officials from the nation’s third-largest school district. ...Read more
MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Officials in a western Illinois city have told a homeowner that the vibrant colors on her family’s rainbow-striped house can stay despite an earlier order that she repaint the residence. The Quad-City Times reports Moline city officials said Thursday in a ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A group dedicated to preserving Abraham Lincoln’s legacy is hoping to show people what his Springfield home was like before it was the two-story, 12-room dwelling that visitors tour today. The Abraham Lincoln Association is raising money to buy land near the ...Read more
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