SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Tuesday announced 1,545 new cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 146 additional deaths. Since the pandemic began, the IDPH has reported a total of 98,030 cases, including 4,379 deaths, in 100 counties in Illinois. Within
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department confirmed Tuesday an additional four COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County bringing the total to 125 cases. The additional cases are three women and one man. The cases remain in isolation. One additional case has recovered and has been
Continue Reading »OTTAWA – Authorities are monitoring the situation in Ottawa after a barge struck a bridge Tuesday. The flooding of the Illinois River caused a barge upstream to break loose, coming to a rest against the northernmost support of the Veterans Bridge which carries Illinois Route 23. A
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UTICA – Portions of area roads and property are flooded this morning as the Illinois River continues to rise in many areas. Marseilles, however, has reported a crest already around 2 AM. In Utica, the fast rising river was the topic of an emergency village meeting last night. LaSalle is
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SACRAMENTO (AP) – Governors around the country are warming to the idea of the return of professional sports to their states, with two caveats: continued progress against the coronavirus and no spectators in the stands. The heads of California, Texas, New York and Pennsylvania spoke Monday
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CHICAGO (AP) — Disgraced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has been officially disbarred. The Illinois Supreme Court announced on Monday that it revoked Blagojevich’s law license. The announcement was not a surprise, as Blagojevich didn’t even attend a March hearing in which the
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Republicans are demanding a vote in the General Assembly on removing from the fall ballot a proposed graduated income tax structure, saying the state’s pandemic-pillaged economy can’t sustain higher taxes. House Minority Leader Jim Durkin and Senate
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LASALLE – LaSalle Mayor Jeff Grove announced that the LaSalle Public Library is preparing for curbside drop-off and pick-up. Grove mentioned this at Monday’s City Council meeting, as well as the library’s upcoming June program, Rolling Robotics. Registration for the program ends May
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OGLESBY- A cannabis production certificate program approved by the Illinois Valley Community College board Monday night will launch this fall. Ag instructors Kathryn Lillie and Willard Mott worked with local employers in the cannabis-growing industry to create the two-semester, 13-credit
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UTICA – The village of North Utica issued a state of emergency because of flooding of the Illinois River and Clark’s Run Creek at a special emergency meeting Monday night. Utica received data Monday afternoon that the Illinois River is projected to rise to 466 feet by Tuesday evening at
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