STREATOR – The Streator Police Department is investigating two separate vehicle burglary incidents from Wednesday night. They say a vehicle in the 200 block of South 1st Ave and another in the 300 block of South 1st Ave had items stolen from them. Authorities recommend making a routine of
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PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department confirmed that nine more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19, as well as 3 more inmates at Pontiac Correctional Center. All 12 of these cases are recovering at home in isolation. Since the start of the pandemic,
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OTTAWA – A female in her 90s is the latest coronavirus related death in LaSalle County. The LaSalle County Health Department announced the death, the 62nd in total, along with 46 new cases. This is the most cases the county has seen in a single day since early September. 2,284 cases in
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SPRINGFIELD – 4,942 new COVID-19 cases were reported Thursday by the Illinois Department of Public Health. That is the highest daily case count the state has seen since September 4th. The IDPH also confirmed 44 additional coronavirus related deaths, which included a female in her 80s from
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STREATOR – An opportunity for area businesses to keep up with their state required sexual harassment training courses is being offered in Streator. The Streator Area Chamber of Commerce is working with Woodland School and Streator Township High School, who use a company called Bushue Human
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STREATOR – The Streator Area United Way is nearing their fundraising pledge goal for the year. Ahead of their November 5th dinner, it was announced this week that they were over 88% of the way to meeting their nearly $240,000 goal. The bulk of the funds pledged have come from area
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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced during National Teen Driver Safety Week that teen driver deaths are down 74% since 2007. “The goal has always been to save lives,” White said. “While our graduated driver licensing program is working as intended with teen
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PONTIAC – Twelve more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19, including three children under the age of 10. The Livingston County Health Department say all of the newly infected are recovering at home in isolation. So far, the department has received 16,339 COVID-19
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DEKALB – 27 more cases of COVID-19 were reported by the DeKalb County Health Department. In total, 2,236 cases have been reported throughout the county since the start of the pandemic, with 42 deaths. Of those deaths, 1 had come from a resident of Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center,
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OTTAWA – The 61st COVID-19 related death in LaSalle County reported on Wednesday. The death, a female in her 80’s, was announced as well as 26 new cases, individuals ranging in age from youth to in their 90’s. In addition, 72 more recoveries were announced on Wednesday, for a total of
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