CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say a 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder in connection with a February shooting at a crowded Chicago convenience store that killed a young nursing student and wounded four other people. Officials said Wednesday the boy, who is charged as a juvenile, faces ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department on Thursday announced that a woman in her 90’s was the 60th resident to pass away from complications related to COVID-19. They also announced the death of a Marshall County woman in her 70’s. They also noted ...Read more
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new monthly survey of bankers suggests the economy is improving in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states. But Creighton University economist Ernie Goss said the region still has about 95,000 fewer jobs than it did before the pandemic began, and it will take many ...Read more
By JIM SALTER and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Several states say they have been told to expect far fewer doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in its second week of distribution. That’s leading to worries about potential delays in shots for ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department on Thursday announced the deaths of six more residents from complications related to COVID-19, including a man and woman in their 70’s and four women in their 90’s. Since the pandemic began, 192 residents have died from the ...Read more
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFEILD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois might have eluded the COVID-19 “surge upon a surge” that has struck some parts of the country in the aftermath of Thanksgiving. Officials predicted a post-holiday surge in cases, which has hit some states. ...Read more
PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department on Thursday announced that a woman in her 60’s was the 50th resident to pass away from complications related to COVID-19. They also announced 31 new infections in residents and nine in inmates at the Pontiac Correctional Center. The ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – 8,828 new cases of COVID-19 were reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health along with 181 additional deaths. Among those deaths were individuals in Bureau and LaSalle County. Since the pandemic started, the state has confirmed 879,428 cases and 14,835 deaths. As of ...Read more
ELGIN, Ill. (AP) — A Vietnam War veteran was buried at an Illinois national cemetery this week after no family members stepped forward in the months after his death. Now relatives are saying they had been searching for Stephen Myerson for years. They didn’t know his whereabouts until a ...Read more
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has apologized to a social worker whose home was wrongly raided by police officers who did not allow the woman to put on any clothes before handcuffing her. A civilian review board is investigating the 2019 incident ...Read more
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