LAMOILLE- The annual Buffalo Days 3-day community event in LaMoille has been cancelled. Organizers made the announcement online Tuesday. The festival, scheduled June 12-14, was to feature bands, parade, entertainment, tractor show and more. ...Read more
EUREKA- The Woodford County Health Department has reported 10 total cases of COVID-19 so far during the Pandemic. They had found their first case in the county on March 17th. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Tuesday announced 1,222 new cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 74 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 23,247 cases, including 868 deaths, in 88 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department has confirmed an additional COVID-19 case bringing the county total to 23 cases. The latest positive test was from a male in his 50’s who is in isolation. One additional case has recovered and has been released from isolation. The total ...Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Could some old vaccines against other germs offer a little protection against COVID-19? Tests are underway to find out. Vaccines are designed to target a specific disease. But a tuberculosis vaccine used mostly in developing countries seems to boost the immune system in a way ...Read more
PERU – Baker Lake Park has remained open since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Peru Police Chief Doug Bernabei said the majority of residents have been extremely appreciative to have the park as an outlet. Bernabei said that the Peru Police that are sent to the park are directed to ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — House Republicans are complaining that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker hasn’t done enough to fix a state unemployment system overwhelmed by 500,000 first-time claims in the past six weeks because of the COVID-19 pandemic. House Minority Leader Jim Durkin of Western ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Election officials are notifying hundreds of Chicago voters who went to the polls in last month’s primary of possible exposure to COVID-19. The Chicago Board of Election Commissioners is sending letters to voters who went to at least four voting sites, including a site ...Read more
DIXON – Over the holiday weekend, KSB Hospital received 3 new positive test results for Lee County and Monday the health department received 1. The Lee County Health Department said two of the residents are in their 60’s, one in their 30’s and one in their 20’s. Lee County is ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Officials say a third Cook County Jail detainee who tested positive for the coronavirus has died. The sheriff’s office says 42-year-old Nicholas Lee died Sunday. Jail officials suspect he died of cardiac arrest, but a cause of death won’t be determined until an ...Read more
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