LASALLE – LaSalle’s City Council approved a recommendation for a new street light on Rockwell Road in their last council meeting of 2020. LaSalle’s Mayor Jeff Grove also thanked all city employees for their hard work over the past several weeks for helping put together the Celebration ...Read more
PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department announced on Monday one new death attributed to COVID-19 and 67 new infections. The addition of the man in his 80’s brings the total number of deaths to 56 in the county since the pandemic began. They say just 142 active cases are ...Read more
STREATOR – A break-in that occurred sometime during Christmas is under investigation by the Streator Police Department. They say that a resident reported sometime between December 24th and 26th someone entered their home in the 100 block of Charles Street. A television was taken and some ...Read more
PRINCETON – On Sunday the Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department announced 51 new COVID-19 infections for Bureau County, raising the county total since the pandemic began to 2,800. They also noted 6 new cases in Putnam County and 3 new cases in Marshall County. There have ...Read more
OTTAWA – On Sunday the LaSalle County Health Department announced 32 new COVID-19 infections were discovered among residents, raising the county total since the pandemic began to 8,213. They also noted 81 newly recovered individuals, leaving 2,848 active cases in the county. The death toll ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois public health officials are reporting 3,767 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in the state. The number released Sunday includes 104 confirmed deaths. With the latest number, the Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 937,909 confirmed ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — One of 12 officers placed on desk duty in the botched 2019 police raid on the home of a Black woman was also accused in an earlier mistaken raid. Another officer was involved months later in a fatal shooting. That’s according to the Chicago Sun-Times, which found 18 ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Public health officials from Illinois are reporting 156 new COVID-19 deaths and 5,742 confirmed and probable infections. Overall, the state has had 930,849 cases and 15,799 deaths. In the last 24 hours, the state has reported nearly 100,000 tests for a total of nearly 13 million ...Read more
OGLESBY – The family of longtime nurses’ aide Martha L. Burgess of Tonica has established an Illinois Valley Community College Foundation nursing scholarship in her memory. The $1,000 scholarship will go to a first or second year nursing student who is a graduate of ...Read more
OTTAWA – Area health departments are reminding everyone responsible for cooking holiday meals or dishes to be mindful of proper food handling procedures. The CDC notes that although anyone can get a foodborne illness, pregnant women and children under the age of 5 are at an even higher risk ...Read more
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