PONTIAC – One new case reported Saturday by the Livingston County Health Department. The department says the individual is a male, under 18 years of age, and is currently isolated at home. Officials say they have notified anybody who has been in contact with the youth. ...Read more
CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Affairs reports one resident at the LaSalle Veterans Home has tested positive. In a press release Saturday from the Illinois Department of Public Health, officials say that testing is underway at the facility. Statewide, officials report over ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department reports 12 new cases in the county. All 12 are in isolation, and range in age from a female in her 20’s to a male and 2 females in their 80’s. The department also reports that 4 additional cases have recovered. Since the ...Read more
PRINCETON- The Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Departments reported Saturday that an eleventh resident of Bureau County has tested positive for COVID-19. The man in his 60’s is in isolation recovering at home. There have now been fifteen confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the counties ...Read more
URBANA, Ill. (The News-Gazette) — A proposed policy at the University of Illinois would prohibit faculty and staff from having intimate relations with undergraduates and anyone they supervise. The News-Gazette reports that two proposed policies stem from a set of recommendations aimed at ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will use a $2 million federal grant to expand access to private land for hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreation and help landowners improve wildlife habitat on their property. IDNR currently leases about 22,000 acres ...Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix says a documentary portrait of Michelle Obama titled “Becoming” will premiere on its streaming service next week. The film announced Monday is described as “an intimate look into the life of former first lady Michelle Obama.” It chronicles her ...Read more
ARNOLD, Mo. (AP) — Some communities in the U.S. heartland are taking a more natural approach to preventing the kinds of floods that have devastated the region in recent years. For more than a century, flood control has relied mostly on man-made structures such as levees and walls to keep rivers ...Read more
PRINCETON- The Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Departments will begin testing for Coronavirus at the Princeton Office, 526 S. Bureau Valley Parkway during the week of May 4th. They will start by opening a drive through testing site on Tuesday May 5th. Testing will be by appointment ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Friday announced 3,137 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 105 additional deaths. The IDPH said that 4,900 patients are in the hospital, with 1,263 being treated in intensive care units and 777 of those on ventilators. Since ...Read more
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