DIXON – The prison population in the state of Illinois and the staff that works at the facilities have been battling COVID-19 for months, and many are still ill across the prairie state. According to the Illinois Department of Corrections, 1,266 are currently infected, with 498 staff also ...Read more
PONTIAC – Two more residents of Livingston County have died from complications related to COVID-19. The Livingston County Health Department reported on Monday that a man in his 60’s and a woman in her 70’s were the latest to die. Since the pandemic began, 23 individuals have ...Read more
DEKALB – The DeKalb County Health Department on Monday reported that over the holiday weekend, they confirmed 253 new cases of COVID-19 and a death of a person in their 60’s. The county has reported 47 deaths since the start of the pandemic, with over 3,100 considered recovered from ...Read more
OTTAWA – A male in his 50’s and another in his 90’s are the latest COVID-19 related deaths in LaSalle County. The county health department also confirmed 52 new cases along with 19 more recoveries. In total, LaSalle County Health Department has seen 6,165 cases since the start of the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – 6,190 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus were reported by the Illinois Department of Public Health. This marks the lowest daily case count the state has seen since late October. 85 additional deaths were also reported by the IDPH, which included 2 individuals ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Numbers were down slightly from last year after the first weekend of Illinois Firearm deer season in the state. The Department of Natural Resources reports 47,147 deer were taken between November 20th-22nd, compared to 50,173 last year. Hunters in LaSalle County took 465 deer, ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department on Sunday announced that nearly 3,500 residents are considered recovered from prior COVID-19 infections, however 2,629 active cases remain. They also announced 68 new infections. Since the pandemic began 129 residents have died from ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department on Sunday reported that a man in his 70’s is the latest to pass away from complications related to COVID-19. Forty-four residents of Bureau County have died from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. There have been ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – 7,574 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 were confirmed by the Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday. The IDPH also saw 66 more coronavirus related deaths, which included individuals in Bureau, DeKalb, and LaSalle County. Although the confirmed case count on ...Read more
OTTAWA – 2 more COVID-19 related deaths were reported by the LaSalle County Health Department on Friday. The individuals were a male in his 80s and another in his 90s, and with the addition of their deaths, there has now been a total of 127 coronavirus related deaths in the county since ...Read more
