DIXON – Over 200 COVID-19 tests have been given in Lee County with only five residents coming up positive. That’s according to authorities Tuesday who say the latest confirmed case is a person in their 60’s. The number of residents under quarantine is seven. Lee County has been ...Read more
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California National Guard is flying ventilators to New York, New Jersey and Illinois as part of an effort to help other states manage a crush or coronavirus hospitalizations. Gov. Gavin Newsom said the three states are getting some of California’s ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The LaSalle County Health Department announced Tuesday that the county’s third case of COVID-19, a woman in her 30’s, is now recovered and has been released from isolation. This comes after two additional cases of COVID-19 had been announced for the county, bringing the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police on Tuesday clarified what they define as essential travel. To and from work if you are an essential worker. Purchasing groceries or food and to deliver those items. Travel care for a loved one. Seeking emergency services, obtain medical supplies or ...Read more
PRINCETON – A 55-year-old woman is recovering at home after being tested positive for COVID-19 in Bureau County. She is Bureau County’s fourth case of coronavirus disease. Federal privacy restrictions prohibit the release of any additional information regarding this case. No further ...Read more
CHICAGO (Chicago Tribune) — Illinois schools will be allowed to restrain challenging students by physically holding them face-down on the floor for at least another year under a deal that the State Board of Education reached with a key legislative rule-making committee. The decision comes as an ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ coronavirus death toll has topped 300. Public health officials confirmed 33 additional deaths Monday from the illness caused by the virus. The state reported 1,006 new cases of the virus Monday, bringing overall total to 12,262. Illinois is girding for ...Read more
DIXON – Lee County has received two more positive cases of COVID-19. Those infected were a person in their 50’s and one in their 20’s. The total number of cases in Lee County now number 4. The Lee County Unified Leadership team asks people to keep others in mind and only get what ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s mayor pledged an aggressive public health campaign aimed at the city’s black and brown communities amid alarm that black residents make up an overwhelming number of those to die of COVID-19. Black residents accounted for 72% of deaths from COVID-19 ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois inmates who meet the medical criteria may be granted furloughs to minimize the spread of coronavirus in state prisons. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed an executive order giving the Illinois Department of Corrections permission to allow “medically ...Read more
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