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CHICAGO (AP) — Some Illinois Facebook users could receive as much as $300 from a $550 million settlement in a class-action suit alleging the social media site’s facial-tagging feature violated state privacy law. But the Chicago Tribune reports that there is no timeline yet for when people

STREATOR- Crews extinguished a garage fire in Streator early Sunday morning.   The Streator Fire Department say they were called around 3:30 AM to the 800 Block of South Otter Creek Street after what residents described as a small explosion in the attached garage.   Upon arrival they found the

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health says 74 new deaths are reported in the state, giving a total pandemic death count of just over 4,100 Illinosans.  OF the 74, 90 percent lived in the Chicagoland area, and four people were in their 100’s, and 16 in their 90’s. 

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department announced on Saturday two new confirmed Covid-19 cases, a man in his 40’s and a man in his 50’s.  That makes 119  for the county since the pandemic was declared in March, though 55 have since recovered.  Both of the two new cases

ATLANTA (AP) — As state after state begins to reopen, local health departments charged with tracking down everyone who has been in close contact with those who test positive for coronavirus are still scrambling to hire enough people. They are often hundreds _ even thousands _ of people short of

CHICAGO (AP) — Fraud charges have been filed against an accountant and two executives of a suburban Chicago auto loan company for misappropriating more than $5 million in company funds. James Collins, CEO of Evanston-based Honor Finance LLC, the company’s chief operating officer, Robert