SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Fair in Springfield and the Du Quoin State Fair have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday said in a statement canceling the fairs is the right choice that was based on the guidance of the Illinois Department of ...Read more
OGLESBY – The Illinois Valley Community College ag storage and routine maintenance building is on schedule for completion by the end of June. In his monthly report, IVCC President Jerry Corcoran said a grand opening for the facility is underway. “That event will be an opportunity to ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department Friday confirmed two women have tested positive for COVID-19. The women, one in her 30’s and the other in her 60’s are in isolation. Since the pandemic began there have been 177 cases. 116 people previously diagnosed with the ...Read more
DEKALB- Two more residents of a DeKalb long term care facility hard hit by a novel coronavirus outbreak have died The DeKalb County Health Department reported Friday that two additional residents from Pine Acres have died, men in their 80’s and 90’s, from complications of COVID-19. The ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Friday announced 595 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 77 additional confirmed deaths. Of the reported deaths, 10 were from outside Chicagoland. Since the pandemic began there have been 131,198 cases, ...Read more
WHEELING, Ill. (AP) — Two workers were critically injured when scaffolding they were on gave way inside a water tower in suburban Chicago. The Daily Herald reports that crews were sandblasting and painting the inside of the water tower in Wheeling when the scaffolding fell around 9 a.m. Friday. ...Read more
SHERIDAN – For the first time since early April, the Sheridan Correctional Facility reports no active COVID-19 cases among inmates or staff. Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 8 staff and 18 inmates had come down with the novel coronavirus. During the outbreak, the Illinois ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department confirmed Thursday an additional four COVID-19 cases, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 175 cases. The additional cases were found in three men and a woman, ages ranging from their teens to their 50’s. The health department ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College announced they will be spending over $165,000 on internet technology upgrades after a spring semester marred by a compromised computer hack that disabled the systems at the school in April. The IVCC board approved an “Information ...Read more
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Surgeons in Chicago have given a new set of lungs to a young woman with severe lung damage from the coronavirus. Northwestern Medicine announced the procedure on Thursday. Only a few other COVID-19 survivors, in China and Europe, have received lung ...Read more
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