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OTTAWA – The local unemployment rate is on the mend as the economy continues to rebound from layoffs and reduced spending by consumers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Illinois Department of Employment Security released the latest figures, showing the area is fairing better than the

By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge in California has blocked a rule that Michigan and seven other states said would unlawfully allow too much pandemic relief aid to be diverted from K-12 public schools to private ones. Judge James Donato ruled late Wednesday.

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois woman who admitted being drunk when she drove off an unfinished bridge onto a highway, seriously injuring a man, has been sentenced to six years in prison. Thirty-year-old Ashia Marshall of Champaign was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty in June to

NEW YORK (AP) — Chicago and three other cities are suing the federal government to stop the proliferation of easy-to-assemble guns that require no serial numbers or background checks. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court asks a judge to stop the government from letting gun

PRINCETON – New cases of COVID-19 were announced in Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall counties, the health department confirmed. 15 new cases were reported in Bureau County, 3 were reported in Putnam County, and 2 were reported in Marshall County. The Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County Health

PONTIAC – Livingston County Health Department reported that two more residents of the county have tested positive for COVID-19. These cases are a male under the age of 20 and a female in their 50’s, who are both recovering in isolation. Since the beginning of the pandemic, Livingston

OTTAWA – Another resident of LaSalle County has died from COVID-19 related complications, the LaSalle County Health Department reports. The individual, a female in her 80’s, is now the 45th coronavirus related death in the county. The LCHD also announced 28 additional cases, for a total

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced that 24 Illinoisans died in the past 24 hours from complications involving Coronavirus.  The deaths range from a suburban St. Louis woman in her 50s to a woman in her 100s in LaSalle County.  The LaSalle County death was