SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois legislator has filed a second legal challenge to the Illinois governor’s efforts to discourage transmission of the coronavirus, saying he wants a compromise on the statewide stay-at-home order. Rep. John Cabello, a Machesney Park Republican, filed ...Read more
OTTAWA – There were no new Covid-19 cases confirmed in LaSalle, Bureau, Putnam, Livingston or Marshall County in the past 24 hours. The area communities that have reported the highest confirmed cases include Sheridan with 15, Mendota with 14 and Princeton with 6. In the latest ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Wednesday announced 2,253 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 92 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 50,355 cases, including 2,215 deaths in 96 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than ...Read more
WASHINGTON — Federal authorities are giving cleaning and disinfecting tips for schools and workplaces to help deal with the coronavirus. The Environmental Protection Agency and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the cleaning guidelines Wednesday. The guidelines urge ...Read more
FOSTER CITY, California – (AP) A biotech company says its experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major U.S. government study that put it to a strict test. Gilead Sciences’s remdesivir would be the first treatment to pass such a test against the virus, ...Read more
ENERGY, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois police chief is expressing skepticism about Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s power to issue stay-at-home orders to combat the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to residents of the village of Energy, Police Chief Shawn Ladd says he and his department have no ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — New video shows Chicago police shooting an unarmed short-order cook in the stomach and then again with his back turned to officers after they tried to stop him in a subway station for earlier walking from one train car to another. The Chicago Transit Authority and police body-cam ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois governor says a statewide stay-at-home order aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus remains in place through May 30. Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s announcement Tuesday followed a southern Illinois judge’s ruling that the Democrat exceeded his ...Read more
CHICAGO (Chicago Tribune) — Chicago police have issued a citation for disorderly conduct to a homeowner following a crowded weekend house party that was condemned by Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Chicago police spokesman Luis Agostini says officers responded to the northwest side ...Read more
DIXON – Three more residents of Lee County have positive test results for COVID-19, including a teenager. On Tuesday, the Lee County Health Department reported that among the new cases is a person in their 60’s, one in their 20’s and one is in their late teens. Since the Pandemic ...Read more
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