SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 980 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state, with 36 additional deaths. The individuals who have passed away from complications related to coronavirus ranged in age from their 40s to their 90s. As of Tuesday evening, ...Read more
DEKALB – 5 more positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in DeKalb County on Wednesday. The DeKalb County Health Department announced that there have now been a total of 621 cases of coronavirus in the county since the pandemic began, with 20 deaths. 415 of these cases have since ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department announced 3 more individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 in the county. These individuals are a male in their 60s, a female in their 50s, and a female in their 30s. This makes 237 positive cases of COVID-19 in the county since the start ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The University of Chicago has removed a plaque and stone that honored Stephen Douglas, a U.S. senator from Illinois in the 1800s. President Robert Zimmer says Douglas doesn’t deserve to be honored on campus because he profited from his wife’s Mississippi plantation ...Read more
URBANA, Ill. (AP) — Students and staff at the University of Illinois can be tested for the coronavirus with a saliva sample instead of an uncomfortable nasal swab. President Tim Killeen calls it “breakthrough technology.” A tent opened Tuesday near the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks say they will continue to use their team name because it honors a Native American leader who has been an inspiration to generations. The NHL team said in a statement Tuesday that: “The Chicago Blackhawks name and logo symbolizes an important and ...Read more
PERU – A $70 million dollar renovation could be happening to the property known as the Peru Mall over the next three years, if developers have their way. Peru Director of Economic Development Bob Vickrey said Mayor Scott Harl and himself have met with the owners, GK Real Estate in ...Read more
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois man said he’s facing eviction for hanging a Black Lives Matter flag on his apartment balcony. Donavon Burton of Bloomington says he began displaying the flag last month to protest the deaths of Blacks in police custody. On June 29, the ...Read more
OTTAWA – Ottawa’s City Council voted to extend their declaration of emergency regarding the coronavirus at Tuesday night’s meeting. Mayor Dan Aussem explained that the extension is just in case the situation regarding COVID-19 changes for the worse, amid increased cases in other ...Read more
PRINCETON – Darius Miller Park, named after a railroad executive who was born in the community in 1859, was renamed last week. The Rotary Club of Princeton held a ceremony and announced not only park improvements, but the new name, Rotary Park. Miller was president of the Chicago, ...Read more
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