SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday announced 1,672 new cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 43 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 20,852 cases, including 720 deaths, in 86 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department on Sunday has confirmed two additional COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County. The additional cases include a female in her 60’s and a female in her 20’s. The individuals are in isolation. Federal privacy restrictions prohibit the release of any ...Read more
HAMPTON – The Police Chief of Hampton, Illinois has died after a single vehicle crash Saturday evening. According to the Illinois State Police Chief 57-year-old Terrence A. Engle was responding to a call traveling on Illinois Route 84 in Rock Island County when for unknown reasons his ...Read more
OGLESBY – A scholarship has been established to memorialize a soldier from Streator who fought bravely in the Middle East only to succumb to war-related injury and illness six years after returning home. The Tyler Derossett Memorial Veterans Award has been created by his former wife ...Read more
OGLESBY – A part-time music appreciation instructor at Illinois Valley Community College has been nominated for a state award. Jennifer Mills of Princeton, Director of Bands at Aurora University and a 15-year member of IVCC’s Wind Ensemble, has been nominated by IVCC for the ...Read more
SHERIDAN – Two more inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Sheridan Correctional Center. That’s according to the Department of Corrections on Saturday. The total number of inmates who have contracted the novel Coronavirus is 10 with three staff members also testing ...Read more
PONTIAC-One more resident of Livingston County has tested positive for COVID- 19. Livingston County Health Department officials were notified of the new COVID-19 case on April 11, according to state and local public health protocol. The individual is a female in her 60s who is recovering at home ...Read more
PEORIA – OSF HealthCare is launching a Pandemic Health Worker Program that will serve individuals with COVID-19 symptoms. Through a contract with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the program is designed to protect the well-being of the general public during the COVID ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday announced 1,293 new cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 81 additional deaths. IDPH is reporting a total of 19,180 cases, including 677 deaths, in 86 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department Saturday announced no new cases of the novel Coronavirus. The total cases found remains at 20. So far 260 residents have been tested. The first case of COVID-19 was found in Seneca in mid-March. ...Read more
