CHICAGO – As the United States braces for flu season, everyone who can is encouraged to donate blood if possible. The American Red Cross notes that receiving a flu shot does not affect blood donation eligibility. There are plenty of upcoming opportunities to donate across North Central ...Read more
DIXON – Nearly 150 inmates at the Dixon Correctional Center are battling COVID-19 this week. According to the Illinois Department of Corrections, 148 active cases of the novel coronavirus are at the facility among inmates, and 21 among staff. Nearly 30% of the active incarcerated cases in ...Read more
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in the trial of the leader of an Illinois anti-government group who’s accused of being the mastermind behind the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque. Michael Hari, of Clarence, has pleaded not ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – On Sunday Governor J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health announced that this coming Wednesday Region 2, which includes LaSalle, Bureau and Putnam County, will have measures put into place to slow the spread of COVID-19 after experiencing a number of days ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois has had another day of near record setting new COVID-19 infections, approaching 7,000 positive test results on Sunday. The Illinois Department of Public Health report 6,980 new cases and 35 additional deaths. Statewide, 692 residents were hospitalized in the ICU ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department announced Sunday that there have been 45 new COVID-19 infections in the county and one more death. They report that a 100-year-old woman was the latest to pass away from complications of COVID-19, bringing the total since the pandemic began to ...Read more
ANTIOCH, Illinois (AP) — Police records show a 17-year-old accused of fatally shooting two demonstrators in Wisconsin told officers at his local police station in Illinois where to find an assault rifle he said he had just used to shoot several people. The records say Kyle Rittenhouse was ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois has set a new single-day record for new COVID-19 infections for the third straight day with 7,899 cases. The new total tops Friday’s record of 6,943 cases. On Thursday, the state reported 6,363 cases, which also set a record at the time. The Illinois Department ...Read more
OTTAWA – Illinois Valley Community College’s Adult Education program will offer daytime English as a Second Language classes to accommodate students not able to attend class in the evening at Ottawa Center this spring. The program received additional funding of $14,500 under the CURES Act ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The former operator of a northern Illinois private school has pleaded guilty to looting hundreds of thousands of dollars from a nutrition program for the poor to finance a luxurious lifestyle. Pamela Strain, founder of Beacon Hill Academy, which operated in Harvey and as ...Read more
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