MENDOTA – A Mendota woman is facing child endangerment charges after authorities found a child in a smoke filled apartment. On Wednesday the Mendota Police Department say that 25-year-old Alina C. Hernandez was taken into custody on an arrest warrant for two counts of Endangering the ...Read more
DIXON – The Lee County Health Department confirmed 2 more positive cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, an individual in their 40’s and another in their 50’s. They also confirmed 3 new recoveries in the county. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 203 positive COVID-19 cases have been ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam, & Marshall County Health Department announced 3 more COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, all in Bureau County. The individuals are males in their teens, 40’s, and 50’s who are recovering at home. There have been 340 COVID-19 cases in the counties served by ...Read more
DEKALB – One resident of DeKalb County is reported to have died from complications related to COVID-19, the health department confirmed. This makes 33 deaths in the county since the start of the pandemic, along with 1,040 positive cases with 9 confirmed Wednesday. Willow Crest Nursing ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department confirmed two more individuals have died from complications related to COVID-19 in the county. These individuals were a male in his 80’s and a female in her 90’s, and their deaths make 37 total COVID-19 related deaths in the county. The LCHD ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – 2,295 more cases of COVID-19 were reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health on Wednesday, along with 25 additional deaths. In total, there have been 211,889 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, and 7,806 deaths. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have ...Read more
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Board members of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol will take up a request from the Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan to replace imagery of political giant Stephen Douglas and Illinois pioneer Pierre Menard because ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s Navy Pier is closing again until next spring because attendance has been so low during the coronavirus pandemic. The tourist spot began reopening June 10, but officials say they’re only seeing about 15% to 20% of the usual crowds during what’s ...Read more
By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL AP Personal Finance Writer CHICAGO (AP) – A convenience store chain is offering a free beverage or sandwich in exchange for them. A laundromat owner drove 4 hours to get $8,000 worth. A young girl in Illinois wrote the tooth fairy saying she’ll gladly take ...Read more
BELLEVILLE Ill. (AP) — A southwestern Illinois man is facing charges alleging that he ran over his wife with a truck, killing her, while he was intoxicated. Sixty-two-year-old Teddy Weil was charged Monday with two counts of aggravated DUI in connection with Saturday night’s death of ...Read more
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