PRINCETON – Four more residents of Bureau County have tested positive, the Bureau, Putnam, & Marshall County Health Department confirmed Wednesday. The individuals – two females in their teens, one male in their 20’s, and another in his 40’s – are all recovering at home. ...Read more
DEKALB – Another resident of DeKalb County is reported to have died due to COVID-19 complications. The DeKalb County Health Department stated that a resident in their 70’s is now the 31st coronavirus related death in the county. They also confirmed 5 more positive cases of COVID-19 in the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,645 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, along with 16 additional deaths. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the state has confirmed 198,593 cases ranging in age from younger than one to older than 100 and 7,672 deaths. The ...Read more
OTTAWA – Three more individuals were reported to have died from complications related to COVID-19 in LaSalle County. With the addition of these individuals, two females in their 90s and another in their 80s, LaSalle County has now reported 28 COVID-19 related deaths in the county since the ...Read more
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The iconic summer job for high school and college students has been on the wane for nearly 20 years. But the pandemic is squeezing even more young people out of the workforce. Some are borrowing more money. Others have turned to pick-up jobs like Instacart, only to ...Read more
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Department is facing new questions about accountability after acknowledging that officers who shot a Black man were not wearing body cameras. The shooting Sunday on the South Side prompted hundreds of vandals to descend on the ...Read more
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court has declined to consider a downstate legal battle over Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s coronavirus-related orders and moved the case to Sangamon County. It’ll be consolidated with a similar case. The move comes as the ...Read more
OTTAWA – A man suspected in a pair of robberies in Ottawa was arrested Tuesday morning. The Ottawa Police Department say that 48-year-old Steven H. Willet of Aurora is suspected of allegedly committing two recent robberies to businesses on the north side of Ottawa. During the investigation, ...Read more
LASALLE – A number of cities across North Central Illinois have announced different ways for residents to clean up their property of fallen tree limbs after the Monday storm that left thousands without power. LaSalle, Mendota, Peru, Oglesby and Ottawa ask that you leave tree debris by the ...Read more
PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department reports on Tuesday fourteen new infections. This brings the total number of cases for residents of Livingston County up to 132. Three children under the age of 10 are among the new infections. 105 of the previously confirmed cases are now ...Read more
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