OGLESBY – The main park road at the Dells Area of Matthiessen State Park will be closed on Wednesday. IDOT and the DNR will be surveying the road for the day. Weather permitting, it will be back open in Thursday. Visitors to the park can still access the site by parking in the ...Read more
PONTIAC – Three more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus disease). Livingston County Health Department (LCHD) officials were notified of the new COVID-19 cases on July 27, 2020, according to state and local public health protocol. The individuals ...Read more
PAW PAW – The Paw Paw School District announced their plan for a return to classes this fall. In a release sent to parents, in building students and staff will be required to wear masks and screening for symptoms could occur. The students will attend from 8 AM – 1:45 PM. For ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department announced Monday evening that five county residents contracted Covid-19 disease in the past day. The newly infected consists of people in their 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s. Four people are newly recovered, according to health officials, and ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County Health Departments announced 4 more coronavirus cases on Monday. The health department reported that these individuals are a female and male in their 30s recovering at home in Bureau County, a female in their 90’s hospitalized in Bureau ...Read more
DEKALB – 17 more cases of COVID-19 were reported in DeKalb County. The DeKalb County Health Department has confirmed 804 cases in total from the county, along with 24 deaths. The IDPH still classifies Pine Acres Rehab and Living Center and Willow Crest Nursing Pavilion as having open ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The latest county unemployment numbers have been released by the state, and they show strong job gains. LaSalle County improved nearly 5 percentage points, from an unemployment rate in May of 18.4% to 13.5% in June. Bureau County has one of the lowest rates in the area, ...Read more
DEKALB- The DeKalb Police Department have opened a homicide investigation into the death of a man who spent nearly a month in the hospital after a June beating. Authorities say on June 16th 33-year-old Marcus Johnson was beaten by individuals in the 800 block of Ridge Drive. He was taken to a ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,231 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, along with 18 additional deaths. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the state has had 172,655 total cases with 7,416 deaths. Area counties are currently seeing open outbreaks in five ...Read more
PERU – A Peru man is facing cocaine charges after an investigation into drug sales in the Illinois Valley. The Peru Police Department say that 23-year-old Richard K. Basques was taken into custody Monday morning with a charge of Felony Unlawful Delivery of a Controlled Substance. ...Read more
