SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Elementary School Association has announced that winter sports activities will remain paused. IN a letter sent to districts statewide, they say that due to Illinois remaining in Tier 3 mitigations, no practices or games can be held. Practices for some sports were
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PONTIAC – Twenty-three more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-1. The Livingston County Health Department on Wednesday said that 3,106 residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. Currently, 172 cases remain active and 56
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PRINCETON – Two more deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 related complications in Bureau County. On Wednesday the Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department reported that a woman in her 80’s and a woman in her 60’s brought the total number of deaths up to 75
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OTTAWA – 6 new COVID-19 related deaths were confirmed in LaSalle County, now totaling 233 since the pandemic began. The individuals were a female in her 70’s, a male and female in their 80’s, and a male and two females in their 90’s. The LaSalle County Health Department reported 103
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed 178 new COVID-19 related deaths, the highest daily death count the state has seen in nearly two weeks. In addition to the deaths, which included individuals in Bureau and LaSalle County, the IDPH also reported 7,374 new
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OGLESBY – Oglesby police officers exchanged gunfire with a suspect Tuesday after an investigation of an RV that was parked at Illinois Valley Community College around 8 PM. The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office say that 35-year-old Peter Douglas Bergsma, possibly from Michigan, allegedly
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OGLESBY – The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office say they will be holding a press conference Wednesday morning to release more information regarding a shooting in Oglesby Tuesday night. The incident, which reportedly began near North Orlando Smith Street, had an as of yet unnamed suspect
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STERLING – A man from Saint Clair County was arrested on gun and drug charges after an incident on I-39 on Monday. The Illinois State Police say that 19-year-old Jalen D. Kizer-Watson of Cahokia was allegedly a passenger in a vehicle traveling northbound in Lee County when the police
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PONTIAC – Thirty residents of Livingston County and seven inmates at the Pontiac Correctional Center have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Livingston County Health Department on Tuesday said that 161 active cases remain in the county. Since the pandemic began, 3,083 individuals
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LASALLE – The administration of COVID-19 vaccines has begun at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home. On Monday nearly 2000 doses of the Moderna vaccine arrived at the LaSalle County Health Department. All area hospitals are coordinating with the health department to try to get as many staff
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