CHAMPAIGN – The Illinois State Police are looking for a vehicle that may have been involved in a fatal collision with a cyclist earlier this month. They say that on October 11th in Champaign County three bicyclists were traveling on the roadway when for unknown reasons two of them were ...Read more
PRINCETON – Bureau, Marshall, and DeKalb Counties all reported new COVID-19 cases, their respective health departments report. Bureau County saw 8 more cases and Marshall County reported 2, while DeKalb saw 47. Since the start of the pandemic, the Bureau, Putnam, & Marshall County ...Read more
OTTAWA – 22 additional cases of COVID-19 were reported by the LaSalle County Health Department on Tuesday. This makes 2,212 total cases in the county with all but 645 now recovered. Throughout Illinois, 3,714 new coronavirus cases were confirmed with 41 additional deaths. Overall, 350,875 ...Read more
PONTIAC – Twenty more residents of Livingston County and eight inmates at Pontiac Correctional Center have tested positive for COVID-19. Sadly, one more resident has also died due to complications related to COVID-19. The individual was a male in his 80s. All of the newly infected are ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported that statewide the job market has improved slightly during September, but still trails the national average. The United States unemployment rate was at 7.7%, however, the Illinois rate was at 9.8% for the month, down ...Read more
SERENA – The Serena School District, including Serena, Sheridan and Harding will be switching to at home learning for the next two weeks due to the rise of COVID-19 infections in the community. Officials say they hope to return on November 2nd. All club meetings and athletic practices are ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 3,113 more COVID-19 cases as well as 22 additional deaths. Of those deaths were a female in her 80’s from LaSalle County that was also reported Monday by the county health department. In total, 347,161 individuals in the ...Read more
LASALLE – A female in her 80’s is the most recent COVID-19 related death in LaSalle County. The county health department confirmed the death on Monday, the 60th in the county since the start of the pandemic. The LCHD also saw 28 new cases of COVID-19, totaling 2,190 since the start of the ...Read more
PERU – The annual ‘Coats for Kids’ drive is underway in North Central Illinois. A number of donation boxes have been set up to accept your new or gently used coats for the youth in the area that may be in need this winter. All coats collected will be sent to The Salvation Army in ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – For the 5th time since the pandemic was declared in March, and for the 3rd time in just the last four days, Illinois saw over 4,000 cases on Sunday. The Illinois Department of Public Health says that in the last 24 hours, 4,245 people came down with the disease, and 22 ...Read more
