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
OTTAWA – The Vote By Mail application forms have started to be delivered to residents in LaSalle County this week for the November General Election. Registered voters simply need to sign their pre-filled applications and send them to the LaSalle County Clerk’s Office by October 29 to ...Read more
DIXON – A man suspected of crashing his car into a Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy vehicle and fleeing on foot has not been captured. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is on the lookout for 34-year-old Donald E. Powell who was last seen around Dixon. Sheriff John Simonton stated they ...Read more
OTTAWA – Cases are on the rise of COVID-19 across North Central Illinois after a relative calm for a few weeks in mid-July. Friday LaSalle County reported 25 new infections, ahead of the eight reported in Bureau County. Livingston County tallied 5 more positive test results. ...Read more
MENDOTA – In the last seven days there have been six COVID-19 related deaths among residents and another 77 residents and staff have tested positive at Heritage Health in Mendota. The facility in Mendota is not alone in reporting new cases, with a pair of infections among residents or ...Read more
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