PONTIAC – Livingston County’s Health Department announced that the county is currently free of active coronavirus cases. LCHD has received 2,006 COVID-19 tests since the start of the pandemic with 37 of those confirmed positive. Although two cases have resulted in death due to
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 473 new cases of COVID-19 in the state on Monday. This is the lowest number of daily confirmed cases since March 29th. With this, they also announced 19 additional deaths from complications related to the coronavirus, all
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OTTAWA – Three additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 were announced in LaSalle County on Monday. These cases, three males in their teens, 30’s, and 50’s, are recovering in isolation. This brings the county total of confirmed coronavirus cases to 183 since the pandemic began. In
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PERU – A tractor trailer crashed through an empty building off of May Road in Peru Monday morning after the driver reportedly had what was described as a medical issue. Peru Fire Chief Jeff King said the tractor trailer was traveling eastbound after 10 AM on I-80 when it crossed over the
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Secretary of State Jesse White says Illinois residents can preregister online when applying for a driver’s license or identification card. White said Friday that he hopes preregistering will save time at driver’s services facilities. Customers have
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CHICAGO (AP) — A published report says black people made up 75% of those arrested in Chicago for alleged violations of a curfew put in place following demonstrations over George Floyd’s death. The Chicago Sun-Times analyzed police data from the first five days of the curfew imposed May 30
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MIAMI (AP) — More than 40,000 cruise ship workers are still stuck at sea because of concerns about the coronavirus. The Miami Herald reports that at least 42,000 workers remain trapped on cruise ships without paychecks. Some are still suffering from COVID-19 three months after the industry shut
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LAMOILLE – A LaMoille man is dead after a two vehicle crash Sunday morning in Bureau County. Authorities say they were called around 9 AM to the intersection of Route 34 and Route 92 for a two vehicle crash. The Bureau County Sheriff’s Office say a vehicle driven by an 84-year-old
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STREATOR- The Illinois Department of Public Health updated the statewide figures of infections of the novel Coronavirus on Sunday. They now say they have had a total of 6 positive cases in the Streator zip code area since the pandemic began. There was no information available as to how many of
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health released its daily Coronavirus report on Sunday, and the number of deaths plummeted to the lowest amount since April 2nd. Nineteen new deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, all in the Chicagoland area. Health Officials say 672
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