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PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County Health Departments announced 4 more coronavirus cases on Monday. The health department reported that these individuals are a female and male in their 30s recovering at home in Bureau County, a female in their 90’s hospitalized in Bureau

DEKALB – 17 more cases of COVID-19 were reported in DeKalb County. The DeKalb County Health Department has confirmed 804 cases in total from the county, along with 24 deaths. The IDPH still classifies Pine Acres Rehab and Living Center and Willow Crest Nursing Pavilion as having open

SPRINGFIELD – The latest county unemployment numbers have been released by the state, and they show strong job gains.  LaSalle County improved nearly 5 percentage points, from an unemployment rate in May of 18.4% to 13.5% in June.  Bureau County has one of the lowest rates in the area,

DEKALB- The DeKalb Police Department have opened a homicide investigation into the death of a man who spent nearly a month in the hospital after a June beating.  Authorities say on June 16th 33-year-old Marcus Johnson was beaten by individuals in the 800 block of Ridge Drive.  He was taken to a

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,231 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, along with 18 additional deaths. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the state has had 172,655 total cases with 7,416 deaths. Area counties are currently seeing open outbreaks in five

STREATOR – A pair of burglaries in Streator are being investigated.  On Sunday afternoon Streator Police were called to the 1700 block of North Bloomington Street where a resident reported forced entry into sheds.  They say that tools and a boat motor had gone missing over the last few

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A federal deal in which utility giant ComEd will pay a $200 million fine to settle an investigation into a bribery scheme at the state Capitol has implicated House Speaker Michael Madigan, but he’s not been charged with

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois appeals court has decided that an Aurora woman convicted of hiring someone to kill her ex-boyfriend must receive a new trial. Maricela Arciga, 33, was found guilty in July 2014 of solicitation of murder for hire and sentenced to 20 years in prison. The Aurora