SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois farmers produced 2.3 million pounds of industrial hemp in the first year of legal cultivation in decades, state officials said.The Illinois Department of Agriculture began issuing hemp-production permits last spring after production was legalized. Of 651 ...Read more
SHERIDAN- The Illinois Department of Corrections confirms one more staff member infected with COVID-19 at Sheridan Correctional Facility. That means as of Sunday evening 4 staff and 10 inmates have reported positive cases. Statewide IDOC shows 102 staff and 146 inmates infected. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois reported an additional 43 deaths Sunday from COVID-19 and the largest one-day increase in coronavirus infections with more than 1,600, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker said even those numbers show signs that the state might be nearing the peak of the outbreak.In a ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday announced 1,672 new cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 43 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 20,852 cases, including 720 deaths, in 86 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department on Sunday has confirmed two additional COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County. The additional cases include a female in her 60’s and a female in her 20’s. The individuals are in isolation. Federal privacy restrictions prohibit the release of any ...Read more
HAMPTON – The Police Chief of Hampton, Illinois has died after a single vehicle crash Saturday evening. According to the Illinois State Police Chief 57-year-old Terrence A. Engle was responding to a call traveling on Illinois Route 84 in Rock Island County when for unknown reasons his ...Read more
OGLESBY – A scholarship has been established to memorialize a soldier from Streator who fought bravely in the Middle East only to succumb to war-related injury and illness six years after returning home. The Tyler Derossett Memorial Veterans Award has been created by his former wife ...Read more
OGLESBY – A part-time music appreciation instructor at Illinois Valley Community College has been nominated for a state award. Jennifer Mills of Princeton, Director of Bands at Aurora University and a 15-year member of IVCC’s Wind Ensemble, has been nominated by IVCC for the ...Read more
SHERIDAN – Two more inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Sheridan Correctional Center. That’s according to the Department of Corrections on Saturday. The total number of inmates who have contracted the novel Coronavirus is 10 with three staff members also testing ...Read more
PONTIAC-One more resident of Livingston County has tested positive for COVID- 19. Livingston County Health Department officials were notified of the new COVID-19 case on April 11, according to state and local public health protocol. The individual is a female in her 60s who is recovering at home ...Read more
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