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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 546 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state on Wednesday, including 87 additional deaths. IDPH is currently reporting a total of 134,185 cases since the pandemic began, along with 6,485 deaths. Governor JB Pritzker also

STREATOR – Just before midnight Tuesday the Streator Fire Department were called to a structure fire in the 900 block of Hall Street.  When they arrived they discovered the corner of an exterior of a home on fire.   It took crews just four minutes to extinguish the blaze, which damaged

OTTAWA – Ottawa’s city council voted to approve an amendment to an ordinance that would ban garbage trucks from using alleyways to pickup waste. As the city plans to make improvements to the alleys, the council explained that it would be a waste of money to repair these alleys and still

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago aldermen are pitching a plan to remove police officers from the city’s public schools amid outcry from activists who want reforms in the wake of George Floyd’s death. The proposal to end the city’s $33 million contract

  SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 623 new cases of COVID-19 in the state, as well as 72 additional deaths. The IDPH also announced that 26 men at the East Moline Correctional Center have been confirmed positive for the coronavirus. Three staff at the

OTTAWA – LaSalle County Health Department confirmed a single additional COVID-19 case in the county on Tuesday, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 183 cases. The individual is a male in his 60’s who is recovering in isolation. The health department also announced that a

MORRIS- A Chicago man is dead after being struck by a semi-truck on I-80 in Grundy County on Tuesday.   Authorities say the man was eastbound in a vehicle when for unknown reasons he collided with a guardrail.   After the crash 20-year-old Jake C. Enblom apparently began walking in the