CHICAGO (AP) — The legal sale of marijuana during Illinois’ first full month of lockdown due to the coronavirus surpassed sales in two previous months. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation reported Monday that April adult-use cannabis sales totaled more than ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – No injuries were reported after an SUV caught fire outside of a store in Spring Valley. Around 6:30 PM the Spring Valley Fire Department was called to 1500 North Ave. for a fire in the parking lot. The building was not damaged and crews cleared the scene in 45 ...Read more
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — An Aurora man who spent years making crosses and bringing them to the sites of mass shootings and other disasters around the United States has died. Susie Zanis says her 69-year-old father, Greg Zanis, died early Monday. His death was expected after a recent announcement ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County sheriff’s deputy has become the second member of the department to die after testing positive for the coronavirus. Fifty-three-year-old Deputy Richard O’Brien died Sunday. O’Brien’s death comes three months after he was diagnosed with ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Monday 2,341 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 46 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 63,840 cases, including 2,662 deaths, in 97 counties in Illinois. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have ...Read more
DEKALB- The DeKalb County Health Department on Monday is reporting five additional positive COVID-19 cases. Since the pandemic began they have found 134 individuals infected and have had one death. In the latest update from last week, they reported 49 individuals recovered and released from ...Read more
PRINCETON- The Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Departments reported Sunday that two residents of Bureau County over the weekend tested positive for COVID-19. The man in his 60’s and a man in his 40’s are both in isolation recovering at home. There have now been sixteen confirmed ...Read more
STREATOR (AP) — The city of Streator trails the Illinois state average in completing the U.S. Census. As of Friday residents have only completed 59.1% of them. The state average in Illinois is 60.8%. Other area communities were above average, like Grand Ridge at 78.4%, Ottawa at ...Read more
LEXINGTON, Ill. (AP) — After an investigation by the McLean County Coroner, the cause of death for the three found after a mobile home fire has been reported as carbon monoxide intoxication due to inhalation of smoke and soot. McLean County Coroner Kathy Yoder said Sunday that 27-year-old ...Read more
DEKALB – The DeKalb County Health Department on Sunday reported 13 new positive COVID-19 test results. Since the Pandemic began a total of 129 residents have been infected with one reported death. At the latest update on Friday, authorities say 49 previously infected individuals have ...Read more
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