OTTAWA – LaSalle and DeKalb Counties both reported additional COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. LaSalle County reported 9 new cases and 18 were announced in DeKalb. LaSalle County also noted that 2 previously reported cases were found to reside outside of the county and have now been
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 1,337 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, along with 30 additional deaths. These deaths include a LaSalle County male in his 70’s who was previously reported by the county health department. Since the start of the pandemic, the
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CHICAGO (AP) — The University of Illinois Board of Trustees are suing to try to stop nurses at the University of Illinois Hospital from striking this weekend. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court names the Illinois Nurses Association as a defendant and seeks a temporary
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STREATOR – The Streator Police Department reported someone attempted to break into the change machine at two different car washes on Tuesday. They were called to the 1700 block of North Bloomington Street where it was discovered an attempt was made to break into the change dispenser, which
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OTTAWA – Area micro-pantries will be getting restocked thanks to the hard work of Ottawa siblings who raised nearly $250. Ainsley Hilton asked her grandfather to construct a lemon-aid stand for her and her 5-year-old sister Collins, where they took it upon themselves to raise money for the
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STREATOR – Another firearm was reportedly taken in Streator. Authorities were called to the 1300 block of East Grant Street on Tuesday night for a resident saying a gun was taken from the home. This latest incident adds to the total of firearms that police have said have been taken in
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PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department now has reported over 200 people have been considered fully recovered from their COVID-19 infections. On Tuesday they announced just 47 active cases remain. A new infection was reported at the Pontiac Correctional Center. Currently 8 staff
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PRINCETON – In the last seven days there have been 70 new cases of COVID-19 in Bureau County, four in Marshall County and two in Putnam County, including the 8 new cases in Bureau and two in Putnam announced Tuesday. Since the pandemic began, the Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health
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HARRISBURG, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois doctor convicted of killing his estranged wife and burning her body has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. Brian Burns was sentenced Tuesday by Saline County Circuit Judge Walden Morris, who called the 61-year-old defendant “a danger to
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PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Bradley University in central Illinois is requiring its entire student body to quarantine for two weeks because of a COVID-19 outbreak, and is reverting to remote learning. Officials of the private university said Tuesday they have linked the coronavirus spike to off-campus
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