SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health has several mobile testing teams that are dispatched to various locations around the state each week to provide COVID-19 testing. Anyone can be tested, regardless of symptoms or immigration status. There is no cost to the ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department was notified of three additional novel coronavirus-related deaths in LaSalle County on Monday. The individuals are a male in his 70’s, a female in her 70’s, and a female in her 90’s. There have been a total of two hundred sixty-five ...Read more
DIXON – The Lee County Sheriff’s Department is warning its citizens of a phone scam that claims an individual’s social security number has been used fraudulently and will be suspended. According to authorities, the scam is “spoofing” phone numbers to appear that it is coming ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,747 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 35 additional deaths on Monday. – Boone County: 1 male 90s – Cook County: 1 male 40s, 1 female 50s, 2 males 50s, 3 males 60s, ...Read more
KERNAN – A LaSalle County man is facing firearm charges after an alleged fight Saturday in rural Kernan. The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office say that 26-year-old Steven A. Shelly reportedly discharged a firearm at two men who drove to his residence Saturday evening. Shelly allegedly ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Individual income tax returns for 2020 will begin to be accepted on Friday by the state and by the Internal Revenue Service. Officials say that if a taxpayer electronically files an error-free return, they should receive a direct deposit refund in four to six weeks. The ...Read more
OGLESBY – The Oglesby Police Department is reminding residents to keep their vehicle and garages locked after attempted burglaries over the weekend. According to police, the area of the reported burglaries occurred between West 1st and 2nd Street as well as East 1st and 2nd ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Office of the State Fire Marshal of Illinois, in an effort to keep residents safe, wants to remind those in the state this winter to have their furnaces checked and to make sure carbon monoxide and smoke detectors are working. According to the National Fire Protection ...Read more
OTTAWA – Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center will be holding a blood drive from 7:15 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., Wednesday in Meeting Rooms 1, 2, and 3 at OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa. Volunteer blood donors are invited to support the local blood supply by scheduling ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College will be partnering with Compeer Financial, a Farm Credit cooperative based in the upper-midwest, and other community and technical colleges to bolster vocational agriculture education programs and make them more accessible to young adults. Compeer ...Read more
