SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Conservation Police want residents to please leave the black bear visiting western Illinois alone. Authorities have been monitoring the bear since it arrived from Wisconsin on June 10th. It was last spotted downstate near Macomb ...Read more
BLOOMINGTON — The American Red Cross is testing all blood, platelet and plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies, providing donors insight into whether they have been exposed to this coronavirus for a limited time. Antibody testing will indicate if the donor’s immune system has produced ...Read more
PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department on Thursday announced two new cases of COVID-19. They say the positive tests were from a man in his 40’s and a woman in her 50’s, both of whom are recovering at home in isolation. They say the man was asymptomatic at the time of ...Read more
UTICA – Officials have announced a toxic microcystin bloom in parts of the Illinois River. The Illinois EPA say they found toxins in samples collected near Starved Rock Lock & Dam. Authorities warn that the source could be blue-green algae, and it could cause adverse health effects in ...Read more
PARK FOREST – The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team say that a person they were seeking for alleged drug offenses was taken into custody in Cook County. They reported that around 11 AM Thursday the US Marshalls and the Cook County SHeriff’s Fugitive Unit took 39-year-old ...Read more
EARLVILLE- The Earlville Fire Department was awarded a Small Equipment Grant by the Illinois State Fire Marshal. The department applied for and was approved for the amount of $25,415 to spend on 13 sets of bunker pants and coats. The new sets of gear will replace the 12-year-old sets ...Read more
CHICAGO – Governor J.B. Pritzker says while this is “not a signal the battle is over,” Illinois can proceed to phase 4 in its reopening plan. At a press briefing from Chicago, the governor said that under phase 4, movie theaters, fitness centers, gyms, and restaurants can open ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – County unemployment numbers were released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Employment Security, and area counties saw a two to three percent decrease for the month of May. LaSalle County recorded an unemployment rate of 15.6%, and while it is the 15th highest rate in ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – County unemployment numbers were released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Employment Security, and area counties saw a two to three percent decrease for the month of May. LaSalle County recorded an unemployment rate of 15.6%, and while it is the 15th highest rate in ...Read more
TROY GROVE- A fire in rural LaSalle County heavily damaged two vehicles Thursday morning. After 4 AM Troy Grove and Mendota Fire Departments were called to the 200 block of US Route 52, where they found a semi-tractor and a car fully engulfed in flames. An adjacent tractor-trailer and ...Read more
