WASHINGTON – Representative Adam Kinzinger of Illinois has called for the removal of the President using a clause in the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. In a video released Thursday, he said that Trump enflamed passions that gave fuel to the insurrection seen when protestors ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Parts of the state of Illinois could be one step closer to allowing some indoor dining and other events after Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday that the regions who meet the metrics of COVID-19 control set by the Illinois Department of Public Health could leave Tier ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Princeton City Council has authorized drafting a new ordinance that will allow poultry in residential neighborhoods. The wording has not been finalized, but will included specifics as to the number and types of birds that will be allowed according to Princeton Mayor Joel ...Read more
PRINCETON – A woman in her 80’s from Bureau County has died from complications related to COVID-19. The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County health department on Wednesday announced that her death brings the total number of deaths in Bureau County to 68 since the pandemic began. They ...Read more
PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department on Wednesday announced 25 new COVID-19 infections among residents and one death, a woman in her 90’s, from complications related to the novel coronavirus. There have now been 58 deaths in Livingston County attributed to COVID-19 since ...Read more
OTTAWA – 2 additional individuals have died from complications related to COVID-19 in LaSalle County. With the addition of these deaths, a female in her 80’s and another in her 90’s, the county has now seen 240 coronavirus related deaths since the pandemic began. The LCHD reported 96 ...Read more
OTTAWA – LaSalle County State’s Attorney Todd Martin on Tuesday asked the LaSalle County Board Finance Committee to consider a budget increase for staffing the department. Martin said that this matches what was in the budget until November 30th 2020, but had become reduced on December ...Read more
OTTAWA – Ottawa Elementary students will have the option of going back to school on Monday. Superintendent Cleve Threadgill announced on Tuesday that if families elect to utilize remote learning, students must remain so until the end of the 2nd trimester. Threadgill says if a family ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department is encouraging residents to test the radon level in their home. Radon is a radioactive gas that occurs naturally in most soil. As radon travels through the soil, it can easily move through small spaces in a foundation and enter a building, where it ...Read more
OTTAWA – Forty-one new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 were reported in LaSalle County. According to the LaSalle County Health Department, 102 previously reported cases are recovered & released from isolation and two additional COVID-related deaths were announced on Tuesday. ...Read more
