PRINCETON – Two more deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 related complications in Bureau County. On Wednesday the Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department reported that a woman in her 80’s and a woman in her 60’s brought the total number of deaths up to 75 ...Read more
OTTAWA – 6 new COVID-19 related deaths were confirmed in LaSalle County, now totaling 233 since the pandemic began. The individuals were a female in her 70’s, a male and female in their 80’s, and a male and two females in their 90’s. The LaSalle County Health Department reported 103 ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed 178 new COVID-19 related deaths, the highest daily death count the state has seen in nearly two weeks. In addition to the deaths, which included individuals in Bureau and LaSalle County, the IDPH also reported 7,374 new ...Read more
OGLESBY – Oglesby police officers exchanged gunfire with a suspect Tuesday after an investigation of an RV that was parked at Illinois Valley Community College around 8 PM. The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office say that 35-year-old Peter Douglas Bergsma, possibly from Michigan, allegedly ...Read more
OGLESBY – The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office say they will be holding a press conference Wednesday morning to release more information regarding a shooting in Oglesby Tuesday night. The incident, which reportedly began near North Orlando Smith Street, had an as of yet unnamed suspect ...Read more
Associated Press undefined ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Family of a U.S. Army special forces sergeant charged in a deadly shooting at an Illinois bowling alley has released a statement extending their thoughts and prayers to victims and the wider community. Duke Webb faces three counts of murder for ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A strong winter storm has made its way across the Upper Midwest, creating treacherous travel conditions and spurring warnings for people to stay home. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for many states, including Illinois. Snowfall amounts between 3 and 4 ...Read more
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois paramedic has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman while she was in an ambulance. In sentencing Jeffrey Sanford Jr. on Tuesday, Judge Randy Rosenbaum said the paramedic destroyed the public trust in calling for an ambulance. ...Read more
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — One of the Tyson Foods managers fired for betting on how many workers would contract COVID-19 at their Iowa pork plant says the office pool was spontaneous and intended to boost morale. Don Merschbrock, a former night manager at the plant ...Read more
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A motive for the Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville remains elusive. But the 63-year-old man who killed himself and wounded three other people in the blast left behind clues that he ...Read more
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