OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Continuing Education Center will be offering Real Estate and Basic Forklift Operation classes for fall. Real Estate Broker Pre-License (REA-1200-350) is a blended, 75-hour class to prepare students for entry into the field. Upon successful ...Read more
OGLESBY- A person was rescued after a search Saturday evening along the Vermilion River near Oglesby. Around 9:20 PM rescue crews were called to the boat landing along Ed Hand Highway where a search was started for someone reportedly missing upstream. Multiple agencies were called to the ...Read more
Pontiac – The Livingston County Health Department reports 3 new coronavirus cases. Saturday afternoon, the department said the 3 people, a man and a woman in their 20s, and a woman in her 60s, are recovering in isolation. So far in the pandemic, Livingston County has reported 72 ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Marshall, and Putnam County Health Departments on Saturday announced two new coronavirus cases. The two people, recovering at their Bureau County homes at this time, are a woman in her 50s and a man in his 30s. Since the pandemic began, there have been a total of ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department reports 21 new Covid-19 cases in LaSalle County. Saturday, the department reported that the cases range in age from a teenage boy to a woman in her 100’s. The 21 new cases is the highest number the county has seen for a single day. ...Read more
CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health released Saturday coronavirus numbers for the past 24 hours. According to the state, 12 people in Illinois died with the disease. Over 1400 people were confirmed positive with the infection, and while that figure is lower than Friday, ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A 65-year-old Army veteran has pleaded guilty to making a threat against a Republican congressman from Illinois. Federal prosecutors say Randall E. Tarr, of Rochester, Illinois, left a profanity-filled voicemail at U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis’ office in Decatur on Nov. ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The University of Illinois at Chicago will receive $22 million in federal funding for health research programs. The money spread over five years comes from the National Institutes of Health and goes to the university’s Center for Clinical and Translational Science. The idea ...Read more
By MARTHA IRVINE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — When Manish Mallick opened his Chicago restaurant last year, he was focused on building a business that got rave reviews for its “progressive Indian cuisine.” Now he regularly delivers hundreds of meals to those hardest-hit by the ...Read more
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — The peregrine falcon has been named the official city bird of Rockford. The Rockford Register Star reports the symbolic designation was made Friday not far from the spot where a pair of peregrine falcons produced eggs in 2018 atop the Register Star News Tower. The ...Read more
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