MARSEILLES – Marseilles city officials are urging all residents to complete their census information in order to help the community fund sewer repairs to prevent backups into homes. They are applying for a block grant from the Department of Commerce & Economic Development to repair
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department reported 33 new recoveries from COVID-19 on Wednesday. The health department did not report any deaths in the county, making this the longest stretch of time with no fatalities from COVID-19 since early August. The LCHD also announced 15 new
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SPRINGFIELD – 35 additional COVID-19 related deaths were reported Wednesday by the Illinois Department of Public Health, along with 1,941 more cases. Those deaths include a male in his 80’s from Bureau County. Illinois has recorded 266,151 cases in total, along with 8,367 deaths. The IDPH
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By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Big Ten is going to give fall football a shot after all. Less than five weeks after the conference announced it would push football and other fall sports to spring because of the pandemic, the conference changed course. The Big Ten plans to begin its
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By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Ballpark-area businesses in Chicago are struggling, hurt by the lack of crowds at Wrigley Field and Guaranteed Rate Field due to the coronavirus pandemic, and occupancy rules that limit how many people they can have inside their doors at one time.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The medical examiner’s office in the county that includes Chicago says that the number of homicides so far this year has already surpassed the total for all of 2019 and is on a pace to exceed 900 for just the fourth time in more than a quarter century. In a news release,
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MACOMB – All classes were cancelled for Wednesday at Western Illinois University as authorities investigate a shooting on campus. The school released an early morning statement that around 10:30 PM Tuesday a man was shot in Thompson Hall and the building was evacuated. Officials say
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WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) — Two former Illinois child welfare workers who investigated abuse allegations involving a 5-year-old boy allegedly killed months later by his parents face child endangerment charges. They’re accused of failing to protect Andrew “A.J.” Freund from harm.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois attorney general says students who were enrolled at now-closed ITT Technical Institute campuses in the state are eligible for $9.4 million in student loan forgiveness. The state’s share of a $330 million national settlement finalized Tuesday follows
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago officials say they’ve started hiring hundreds of contact tracers in the fight against COVID-19. Mayor Lori Lightfoot first announced the $56 million initiative in May. City officials said Monday that 31 community organizations will help create the program and
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