PRINCETON- The Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Departments reported that four residents of Bureau County have tested positive for COVID-19. The individuals who tested positive were a woman in her 40’s, a man in his 40’s, and two women in their teens. All are recovering in isolation ...Read more
STERLING – A Sterling man is in custody and charged with arson after police say he allegedly started a fire early Monday that killed three. The Sterling Police Department announced that 40-year-old Steven W. Coleman was taken into custody Thursday and charged with three counts of ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday announced 929 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 116 additional confirmed deaths, 19 of those from outside of Chicagoland. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have taken 22,841 specimens for testing. The ...Read more
DEKALB- The DeKalb County Health Department said Thursday two more residents from Pine Acres long term care facility have died from complications of COVID-19. The residents were people in their 90s and 60s. This makes the fifth death at the facility, which has reported 50 residents and 19 ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – On Tuesday Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a bill allowing the sale of cocktails for pickup and delivery in Illinois. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, restaurants and bars have been unable to sell mixed drinks for consumption off-site. The bipartisan legislation changes a ...Read more
OGLESBY – The Illinois Valley Community College President issued a statement regarding the death of a Minnesota man during an incident with police last week. “IVCC’s core values of respect, responsibility, caring, fairness and honesty have long been the lens we look through when ...Read more
MORRIS – An event to bring awareness to the “Black Lives Matter” movement in Grundy County had over 70 gather at Chapin Park in Morris Wednesday afternoon. The protest, organized by a Morris woman, was held with cooperation from the Morris Police Department and the Grundy County ...Read more
PONTIAC – Livingston County’s health department announced one more confirmed case of coronavirus on Wednesday. The new case is a male in his 30’s who is recovering at home in isolation. There have been 37 positive tests in the county since the pandemic began, and 1,269 total COVID-19 ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 982 new cases of coronavirus in the state on Wednesday, including 97 additional deaths. Wednesday’s bring the state totals to 123,830 confirmed cases and 5,621 deaths in 101 counties of Illinois since the Pandemic began. ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department announced two new cases of COVID-19 in the county on Wednesday. The additional cases are a female in her 30’s and a male in his 40’s and are both in isolation. There have now been 156 confirmed COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County since the ...Read more
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