SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday announced 88 new COVID-19 deaths and 6,652 new confirmed and probable cases. Over 3500 Illinois residents were hospitalized battling the novel coronavirus, with 382 individuals on ventilators. The seven-day statewide ...Read more
PRINCETON – Three more men from Bureau County have died from complications related to COVID-19. The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Departments announced Thursday that a man in his 50’s, a man in his 70’s and a man in his 80’s were the latest to pass away. The ...Read more
PONTIAC – Thirty-six residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19 (coronavirus disease). Sadly, one more resident has also died due to complications related to COVID-19. The individual was a female in her 80s. Livingston County Health Department ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – A recently introduced bill that would eliminate police presence on school grounds in Illinois is no longer moving forward. House Bill 0029, filled by Representative Anne Stava-Murray, provides that law enforcement officers shall not maintain a presence on school grounds unless ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – A recently introduced bill that would eliminate police presence on school grounds in Illinois is no longer moving forward. House Bill 0029, filled by Representative Anne Stava-Murray (D), provides that law enforcement officers shall not maintain a presence on school grounds ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A retired suburban Chicago priest charged in the 2019 death of a woman after he allegedly struck her with his car as she walked from a holiday party has died. The Archdiocese of Chicago says 74-year-old Paul Burak died Monday at his Orland Park home. No cause of death has been ...Read more
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago teachers punished for refusing to show up for the start of in-person classes over COVID-19 concerns have demonstrated outside the home of the school board president. Roughly 150 school employees were initially docked pay and locked out of ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker is sending about 200 members of the Illinois National Guard to Washington, D.C., to help with security at next week’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Pritzker announced Tuesday that the guard members would travel to Washington in ...Read more
OTTAWA – An Ottawa woman is still missing along the Illinois River after disappearing a year ago. Authorities say on January 14th, 2020, 45-year-old Tina M. Donovon possibly entered the water at Starved Rock State Park. Her vehicle and belongings were found in the lodge parking lot. ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — An elderly woman is dead and an elderly man is in critical condition after an apparent carbon monoxide leak in an apartment on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Police say officers were called to the apartment shortly after 1 a.m. Wednesday. Officers found 75-year-old Sandra Perez ...Read more
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