CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Lori Lightfoot has relied on a blend of stern news conferences and lighthearted social media to urge Chicagoans to stay home to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Lightfoot’s hard-line approach began with an exasperated announcement in March that she was shutting down ...Read more
OGLESBY – A scholarship has been established to memorialize a soldier from Streator who fought bravely in the Middle East only to succumb to war-related injury and illness six years after returning home. The Tyler Derossett Memorial Veterans Award has been created by his former wife ...Read more
OGLESBY – A part-time music appreciation instructor at Illinois Valley Community College has been nominated for a state award. Jennifer Mills of Princeton, Director of Bands at Aurora University and a 15-year member of IVCC’s Wind Ensemble, has been nominated by IVCC for the ...Read more
SHERIDAN – Two more inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Sheridan Correctional Center. That’s according to the Department of Corrections on Saturday. The total number of inmates who have contracted the novel Coronavirus is 10 with three staff members also testing ...Read more
PONTIAC-One more resident of Livingston County has tested positive for COVID- 19. Livingston County Health Department officials were notified of the new COVID-19 case on April 11, according to state and local public health protocol. The individual is a female in her 60s who is recovering at home ...Read more
PEORIA – OSF HealthCare is launching a Pandemic Health Worker Program that will serve individuals with COVID-19 symptoms. Through a contract with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the program is designed to protect the well-being of the general public during the COVID ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday announced 1,293 new cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 81 additional deaths. IDPH is reporting a total of 19,180 cases, including 677 deaths, in 86 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department Saturday announced no new cases of the novel Coronavirus. The total cases found remains at 20. So far 260 residents have been tested. The first case of COVID-19 was found in Seneca in mid-March. ...Read more
PERU – In a long statement released Saturday by a Peru Police Chief Doug Bernabei, he asked for the public to be more understanding when it comes to social distancing, especially in the city parks. ”Sadly, a very few have lashed out both verbally as well as taking to social media to the ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has recently been using his clemency power to commute sentences for some Illinois prisoners amid coronavirus outbreak. The Chicago Tribune reports that Pritzker granted commutations for 17 Illinois inmates since March 11. Basil Powell, who was ...Read more
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