OTTAWA, DEKALB – Three new deaths in two area counties were reported on Thursday. The LaSalle County Health Department says that 2 people, a male and a female both in their 90s, died, while the DeKalb County Health Department says one resident, a man in his 60s, has passed away from ...Read more
OTTAWA- The LaSalle County Health Department announced Thursday two additional novel coronavirus related deaths. The individuals are a man in his 90’s and a woman in her 90’s. There has been a total of twenty-four COVID-19 related deaths in LaSalle County. Three individuals were ...Read more
PONTIAC– The Livingston County Health Department announced their building will be closed to the public August 6th and 7th while the facility undergoes deep cleaning after staff tested positive for COVID-19. These individuals tested positive while in quarantine and did not have contact with the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health said on Thursday that 21 people have been reported to have died from the coronavirus in the past day. The victims range in age from a woman in her 30s to 3 people in their 90s. The state said that 1,953 people were infected with the ...Read more
MENDOTA – A State of Emergency will be declared in Mendota Thursday to help combat the spread of COVID-19. The city announced that due to the 5 fold increase in the number of Coronavirus cases in the last 4 weeks, they will declare a Local State of Emergency on Thursday at approximately ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam, Marshall County Health Departments will suspend Covid-19 testing at the Princeton office Thursday. They say this is a temporary interruption resulting from staff numbers and new required trainings. The department also announced they are currently hiring ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a man who was stabbed to death in February outside of a Chicago bar is suing the bar and the man charged in the killing. Kenneth Paterimos’ family claims in their wrongful death lawsuit that the 23-year-old was targeted because he was gay and that the bar ...Read more
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Energy utility ComEd has pleaded not guilty to bribery at an arraignment despite previously admitting wrongdoing in an influence-peddling scheme that threatens to ensnare Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. The plea during a Wednesday ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois treasurer’s office is reporting the return of a billion dollars of unclaimed property to rightful owners or their survivors in the past five years. Treasurer Michael Frerichs on Wednesday said the amount set a record for any five-year period in the 58 ...Read more
TAYLORVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Republican Congressman Rodney Davis says he has tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, Davis said he has taken his temperature twice daily since the start of the pandemic. He says his temperature was slightly elevated Wednesday and both he and his wife ...Read more
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