OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department announced Saturday 47 new infections of COVID-19, bringing the overall total since the pandemic began to 743. A dozen of the new cases reported were in children in their teens and younger. 290 individuals are considered recovered from the ...Read more
MORRIS – Grundy County has been moved into the Warning stage due to rising COVID-19 infections according to the public health indicators listed by the Illinois Department of Public Health. The warning was triggered by the IDPH reporting Saturday 5.5% of ER visits for residents of the county ...Read more
CHICAGO – One day after Governor J.B. Pritzker threatened penalties on businesses if they fall short with coronavirus measures, Illinois saw its highest daily case count since late May. The Illinois Department of Public Health reports 2,190 people have been confirmed in the past day to ...Read more
MARION, Ill. (AP) — A second inmate diagnosed with COVID-19 at the federal prison in Marion, Illinois, has died this week. The Federal Bureau of Prisons says 39-year-old Taiwan Davis died Wednesday at a hospital where he was receiving treatment for the disease. Davis tested positive for ...Read more
BEARDSTOWN, Ill. (AP) — The body of a boy, one of two who went missing late Thursday, has been pulled by the Illinois River at Beardstown. Authorities say searchers recovered the identified boy early Friday near a railroad bridge in the central Illinois city. The location is where the boys, ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The variety of fish swimming in Chicago’s waterways have increased in recent decades, which authorities attribute to a decline in pollution. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District reports there are nearly 60 different types of fish swimming in the Chicago and Calumet ...Read more
OTTAWA – Illinois Valley Community College’s Continuing Education Center will be offering a Food Service Sanitation course face-to-face from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Aug. 18-27 at the Ottawa Center in Ottawa. The course assists the manager or potential manager in ...Read more
OTTAWA – OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center has been named to Newsweek magazine’s 2020 list of Best Maternity Care Hospitals. The distinction recognizes facilities that have excelled in providing care to mothers, newborns, and their families as verified by the 2019 ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The mayor of a suburban Chicago village is facing federal bribery charges in connection with a politically connected red-light camera firm. An indictment unveiled Friday reveals Crestwood Mayor Louis Presta is also charged with filing false tax returns and lying to the FBI and ...Read more
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois barbershop that became the target of protests by racial justice activists has closed. The News-Gazette in Champaign reports Michael Long, the owner of Rogue Barber Co. in Champaign, announced in a now-deleted Facebook posting that the business was a ...Read more
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