SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,231 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, along with 18 additional deaths. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the state has had 172,655 total cases with 7,416 deaths. Area counties are currently seeing open outbreaks in five ...Read more
PERU – A Peru man is facing cocaine charges after an investigation into drug sales in the Illinois Valley. The Peru Police Department say that 23-year-old Richard K. Basques was taken into custody Monday morning with a charge of Felony Unlawful Delivery of a Controlled Substance. ...Read more
STREATOR – A pair of burglaries in Streator are being investigated. On Sunday afternoon Streator Police were called to the 1700 block of North Bloomington Street where a resident reported forced entry into sheds. They say that tools and a boat motor had gone missing over the last few ...Read more
OTTAWA – Drive-Thru COVID-19 testing will be returning to LaSalle County on Wednesday. The LaSalle County Health Department announced that the Emergency Management Agency Building at 711 East Etna Road in Ottawa will offer testing by appointment only from 9 AM to 11 PM. The testing ...Read more
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A federal deal in which utility giant ComEd will pay a $200 million fine to settle an investigation into a bribery scheme at the state Capitol has implicated House Speaker Michael Madigan, but he’s not been charged with ...Read more
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois appeals court has decided that an Aurora woman convicted of hiring someone to kill her ex-boyfriend must receive a new trial. Maricela Arciga, 33, was found guilty in July 2014 of solicitation of murder for hire and sentenced to 20 years in prison. The Aurora ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — State officials are warning of child drowning risks associated with home pools as beaches and public pools remain closed during the coronavirus pandemic. Many families are using pop up or inflatable pools because of the closures. The State Fire Marshal and Department of ...Read more
MENDOTA – A free drive-up COVID-19 testing event is coming to Mendota on Tuesday. The Community Health Partnership of Illinois will be offering the testing from 9 AM – 12 PM at 1009 Main Street. Appointments are required, and those interested should call (815)539-6124 ...Read more
PONTIAC – One more resident of Livingston County has tested positive for COVID- 19. Livingston County Health Department officials say a man in his 50s who was asymptomatic at the time of testing is recovering in isolation. The LCHD has received 4,052 COVID-19 test results. Of that, 73 COVID- ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Marshall, and Putnam County Health Departments confirmed their 79th total case in Bureau County on Sunday. According to health officials, a woman in her 30s tested positive for coronavirus in the past 24 hours. Health official said the woman is isolating at ...Read more
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