OTTAWA – A total of ten cases of COVID-19 have been found in LaSalle County. Three new cases were announced by the LaSalle County Health Department Sunday afternoon. They announced two men in their 30’s and 40’s plus a woman in her 40’s have had positive test results. So ...Read more
PONTIAC – A woman in her 50’s is recovering at home after testing positive for COVID-19. The Livingston County Health Department made the announcement Sunday. The woman was said to be recovering at home in isolation. She was the 7th person diagnosed in the county. Due to ...Read more
MORRIS – Two more residents of Grundy County have tested positive for COVID-19. The Grundy County Health Department announced Sunday that a man and a woman in their fifties had become infected, but did not disclose their condition or community of residence. Their close contacts and ...Read more
CHICAGO (Chicago Tribune) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has commuted the sentence of a suburban Chicago man with cancer who was serving four years in prison for ordering 42 pounds of chocolate infused with the main psychoactive component in marijuana. The Aurora-Beacon News reports that ...Read more
MORRIS -The Grundy County Coroner John Callahan in a release Sunday morning has said that an inmate from the Stateville Correctional Institute has died due to COVID-19. They say 66-year-old Ronald Rice was a patient at Morris Hospital. Rice was serving an 80 year sentence for the murder ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Journal Star) — Illinois has barred all activities at state parks, fish and wildlife areas, recreational areas and historic sites in another move to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Illinois Department of Natural Resources director Colleen Callahan noted in a statement ...Read more
DIXON, Ill. (AP) — Energizer Holdings is closing a battery distribution site in Lee County, laying off 125 employees. Layoffs will begin in May at the Rayovac packaging and distribution center in Dixon. A notice was filed with the state. The center has been open since 2003 and ships about 11 ...Read more
OTTAWA – The 7th COVID-19 case in LaSalle County was announced Saturday. The man in his 40’s is in isolation at an area hospital. Federal privacy laws prevent the release of any other details about his condition. The LaSalle County Health Department stresses that they do not know ...Read more
LOCKPORT- The Will County Sheriff’s Office say a murder-suicide in Lockport may have happened in part over fears of COVID-19. On Thursday deputies were called to the 400 block of Bruce Road in Lockport Township for a welfare check. Upon deputies arriving on scene, they observed two ...Read more
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