SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health said on Thursday that 21 people have been reported to have died from the coronavirus in the past day. The victims range in age from a woman in her 30s to 3 people in their 90s. The state said that 1,953 people were infected with the ...Read more
MENDOTA – A State of Emergency will be declared in Mendota Thursday to help combat the spread of COVID-19. The city announced that due to the 5 fold increase in the number of Coronavirus cases in the last 4 weeks, they will declare a Local State of Emergency on Thursday at approximately ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam, Marshall County Health Departments will suspend Covid-19 testing at the Princeton office Thursday. They say this is a temporary interruption resulting from staff numbers and new required trainings. The department also announced they are currently hiring ...Read more
MENDOTA- The Mendota High School Board of Education held a special meeting Wednesday to discuss the COVID-19 rate in the district. They decided to delay the start of school to September 8th. MHS has announced that they will have multiple strategies to prevent the spread of COVID-19 with ...Read more
DIXON – The Lee County Health Department announced Wednesday that two individuals in their 50’s have tested positive for COVID-19. Since the pandemic began there have been 148 cases and one death. One new person was considered recovered from the novel coronavirus, bringing the total ...Read more
PEORIA – Four teens were arrested during an investigation into car burglaries in Peoria Tuesday. The Peoria Police Department say that a surveillance operation in the 3400 block of North Dries Lane at a car dealership led to the arrests. Authorities say that on a previous date the ...Read more
PRINCETON – Bureau, Putnam, & Marshall County Health Departments say that over the past 24 hours, they were notified of eleven new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Bureau County. All of those who newly tested positive are recovering at home. Bureau County now has had 169 cases since the ...Read more
PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department on Wednesday announced one new confirmed case of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 101. The woman in her 30’s who tested positive is recovering at home in isolation. Since testing began, 4,539 ...Read more
OTTAWA – A 90-year-old man is the latest death related to COVID-19 in LaSalle County since the pandemic began. According to the LaSalle County Health Department on Wednesday, 22 have died from complications of the novel coronavirus out of the 621 total infected. They also reported 8 ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health on Wednesday announced 1759 new coronavirus cases. 30 people have died from complications from the virus as reported to the state in the past 24 hours, with 17 of those in the Chicagoland area. Also reported by the state on ...Read more
