OTTAWA – Nine new coronavirus cases and one more death were confirmed Saturday by the LaSalle County Health Department. According to the health department, the 9 cases range from a woman in her 30’s to a man in his 90’s. All nine are in isolation, and that makes 102 total ...Read more
CHICAGO – This is the first weekend since March that Governor J.B. Pritzker will not give his daily briefing on Illinois’s response to Covid-19. Pritzker said on Thursday that the streak of daily briefings will end on Friday, May 8th. Friday was Pritzker’s 61st ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Two prominent universities have different scenarios for the Covid-19 pandemic in Illinois. The University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics, which was speculated to have been used by the White House in March to justify lockdowns, predicts that Illinois has passed ...Read more
MARSEILLES- A long term care facility in Marseilles has had an outbreak of COVID-19 that the Illinois Department of Public Health has said resulted in 40 infections and one COVID-19 related death. Aperion Care has approximately 100 beds, but the current number of residents living there was not ...Read more
DEKALB – The DeKalb County Health Department reported 8 additional COVID-19 cases on Friday. Since the pandemic began, a total of 169 positive individuals have been found with one death. As of May 1st, 49 residents are considered recovered. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Friday announced 2,887 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 130 additional deaths. Currently, the IDPH is reporting a total of 73,760 cases, including 3,241 deaths, in 98 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger ...Read more
PONTIAC – As of Friday, the Livingston County Health Department is reporting so far since the pandemic began, they have had 474 COVID-19 test results. Of that, 24 COVID-19 tests have been confirmed positive, 450 tests confirmed negative, 22 of the previously reported confirmed cases have been ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department announced Friday two COVID-19 related deaths in LaSalle County. A woman in her 40’s, and a woman in her 60’s, had earlier tested positive for COVID-19. “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the additional loss of two of our LaSalle ...Read more
MARSEILLES – The Marseilles Police Department’s K9 received a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a donation from non-profit Vested Interest in K9s, Inc. The vest for ‘Tucker’ was sponsored by James Bauer of Bethalto. Each vest has a value between $1,744 – $2,283, and a ...Read more
LASALLE – An Iowa man suspected of multiple murders has been ruled out as a suspect in a 1992 abduction and murder in LaSalle County. On Wednesday, Clark Perry Baldwin, was arrested in Waterloo, IA, and charged in Tennessee with two counts of murder of Pamela McCall and her unborn child, ...Read more
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