CHICAGO (Chicago Tribune) — Illinois schools will be allowed to restrain challenging students by physically holding them face-down on the floor for at least another year under a deal that the State Board of Education reached with a key legislative rule-making committee. The decision comes as an ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ coronavirus death toll has topped 300. Public health officials confirmed 33 additional deaths Monday from the illness caused by the virus. The state reported 1,006 new cases of the virus Monday, bringing overall total to 12,262. Illinois is girding for ...Read more
DIXON – Lee County has received two more positive cases of COVID-19. Those infected were a person in their 50’s and one in their 20’s. The total number of cases in Lee County now number 4. The Lee County Unified Leadership team asks people to keep others in mind and only get what ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s mayor pledged an aggressive public health campaign aimed at the city’s black and brown communities amid alarm that black residents make up an overwhelming number of those to die of COVID-19. Black residents accounted for 72% of deaths from COVID-19 ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois inmates who meet the medical criteria may be granted furloughs to minimize the spread of coronavirus in state prisons. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed an executive order giving the Illinois Department of Corrections permission to allow “medically ...Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders are pushing ahead with another coronavirus rescue package as President Donald Trump agrees that Americans will need more help as the economy grinds almost to a halt during the pandemic. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has told House Democrats another $1 ...Read more
PONTIAC – Three more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19.Livingston County Health Department officials were notified of the new cases on Monday. The individuals include a female in her 30s in hospitalization, as well as a male in his 20s and female in her 40s who ...Read more
OTTAWA- Two LaSalle County men in their 40’s are isolating at home after testing positive for COVID-19. The health department on Monday says they have now recorded 13 positive cases in the county. Newly released data shows zip codes that have reported cases. Earlville, Peru, Oglesby, and ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD- The Illinois Department of Public Health today announced 1,006 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois and 33 additional deaths, including a DeKalb County man in his 50’s. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 12,262 cases, including 307 deaths, in 73 counties in Illinois. The age ...Read more
PERU – Saturday the Illinois Valley Animal Rescue took in around 40 small dogs and Monday plan on picking up more dogs and cats. They say a total of 50 dogs and around 10 cats and kittens are being collected from a location in Northern LaSalle County. Heather from Bishop’s Small ...Read more
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