PONTIAC – One more resident of Livingston County has tested positive for COVID- 19. On Saturday the Livingston County Health Department announced a man in his 20’s tested positive, who is recovering at home in isolation. As of June 20, the department has received 2,145 COVID-19 test
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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois public health officials unfortunately have more on their plate than just the coronavirus. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported on Saturday that 23 cases across Illinois have been confirmed of what is a multi state outbreak of a food borne parasite.
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OGLESBY – A power outage that lasted about an hour Saturday afternoon in Oglesby was caused reportedly by a bird. Commissioner Jason Curran said that the Ameren substation near the fire department went down, causing the city and many other areas outside of town to lose power around
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CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 45 deaths and 634 cases in the past 24 hours. On Saturday, public health officials released the latest daily data, which was an increase of 16 deaths but a decrease of 28 cases since Saturday a week ago. 41 of the 45 deaths came
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OTTAWA – The body that was discovered Thursday in a creek near Sheridan has been identified. According to the LaSalle County Coroner, 61-year-old Kevin Comer, of Sheridan, was found in Somonauk Creek. Deputies were called to the scene Thursday afternoon near the 4100 block of East
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STREATOR – The Streator Police say a man was struck by a vehicle Thursday night. According to the report, they were called to the intersection of East Main and North Otter Creek around 9:30 PM after a 65-year-old Streator man was apparently hit by a vehicle. He was taken to OSF Health
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By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Chicago businessman convicted of supporting terrorist groups has been arrested in Los Angeles to face murder charges in India for attacks in Mumbai in 2008 that killed more than 160 people. Federal prosecutors said Friday that
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By JOHNATHAN HETTINGER of Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defended its decision to allow farmers to continue to spray a recently banned herbicide through July 31 in a court filing on Tuesday evening. The agency
Continue Reading »UTICA – The Illinois Conservation Police say they will begin enforcing parking restrictions and tow away cars at Starved Rock and other area state parks. “Since Starved Rock and Matthiessen State Parks reopened last month, we’ve seen increased instances of illegal parking” said
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The City of Peru announced fire hydrants will be flushed starting June 22nd and continuing through July 1st. Periodically the hydrants need to have fresh water run through them to prevent silt or rust from damaging firefighter equipment. Flushing will occur weekdays from 6 AM until 3:30
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