CHICAGO – Local unemployment rates increased by 1% or more as 2019 came to a close. According to the Illinois Department of Employment and Security, during December, LaSalle County’s unemployment rate increased by a percentage, now at 5.3%. Bureau County falls right under ...Read more
PONTIAC – The Illinois Department of Public Health along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are reporting the second confirmed case of 2019 novel coronavirus in Illinois. According to the Livingston County Health Department, the individual is a man in his 60s and is the ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois officials have disclosed fresh issues with the state’s automatic voter registration program, saying at least one eligible voter said she registered to vote but still ended up on an opt-out list. The program is already under fire for mistakenly registering over 500 ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys for actor Jussie Smollett have asked the city of Chicago turn over documents that show former police Superintendent Eddie Johnson was “untruthful or misleading in any statement” before he was fired last month. The request, which was referenced in the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivered his first State of the State address Wednesday, talking tough about ending fraud and graft in a state notorious for corruption, and urging support for such contentious ideas as halting the so-called revolving door, the time-honored practice ...Read more
DEKALB. Ill. (AP) — Northern Illinois University says it will eliminate the use of standardized tests in undergraduate admissions and merit scholarship decisions next year. School officials say any high school graduate who applies with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or above will be ...Read more
LASALLE – Six LaSalle-Peru Township High School students are participating in the Illinois Music Educators Association’s state-level performances through Saturday. Fred Davis, Emma Anderson, Catherine Engels, Aubrey Garretson, Reid Rynke and Quinn Pleskovitch will perform alongside ...Read more
UTICA – A search for a missing Ottawa woman is in its second week and authorities say it could last until the weather turns before she is found. Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police Sergeant Phil Wire says the recovery operation for 45-year-old Tina Donovan continues ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois officials have disclosed fresh issues with the state’s automatic voter registration program, saying at least one eligible voter said she registered to vote but still ended up on an opt-out list. The program is already under fire for mistakenly registering over 500 ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Authorities say former Springfield, Illinois, Mayor Frank Edwards and his wife, Sangamon County Coroner Cinda Edwards, were two of the three people killed when a small plane crashed in a central Illinois field. Jim Allmon, chief deputy coroner for Sangamon County, ...Read more
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