SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The health department in the Illinois county that includes the state’s capital city says it will allow indoor service at bars and restaurants this weekend. The governor’s office isn’t happy about it. The Sangamon County Department of Public Health
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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — Republican state Sen. Bill Brady is retiring from the General Assembly. Brady, who stepped down as Republican leader in the Senate as efforts were made to oust him from the post, announced his decision Thursday. The Bloomington Republican served in the state legislature
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has met with a Black woman who was the victim of a botched police raid on her home. Anjanette Young and Lightfoot said in a joint statement released after Thursday’s meeting that they had a candid and productive meeting. It said they discussed a
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OGLESBY Illinois Valley Community College cybersecurity program coordinator Nancy McDonnell presented “Cybersecurity Today” live via Zoom to about 30 small business owners and staff last month. McDonnell’s presentation, sponsored in partnership with district chambers of commerce, focused on
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PERU – Use of an innovative CPR training program has earned Illinois Valley Community Hospital official designation as an RQI Lighthouse Organization, joining IVCH with a group of hospitals from around the country that have demonstrated resuscitation best practices using the program. IVCH
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OTTAWA – No coronavirus related deaths were reported on New Year’s Eve by the LaSalle County Health Department. The LCHD did, however, confirm 64 new cases and 30 additional recovered cases. Since the pandemic began, the county health department has confirmed 8,442 total cases with 5,614
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OTTAWA – A Michigan man is being held on one million dollars bond after a Tuesday night incident where he allegedly opened fire with a pistol on Oglesby Police Officers on the campus of Illinois Valley Community College. In court on Thursday 35-year-old Peter Douglas Bergsma of Grand
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PERU – An Oglesby man is accused of placing a spy camera in an employee bathroom at a Peru business. On Wednesday Peru Police arrested 21-year-old Drew M. Meredith of Oglesby and charged him with a class 4 felony charge of Unauthorized Videotaping & Live Video Transmission. Meredith
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STREATOR – The Streator Police Department say that someone made off with a large amount of scrap steel from a business in Streator. They were called Thursday to the 900 block of North Shabbona Street for a report of over $10,000 worth of scrap steel taken from the Owens Glass property. The
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By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s attorney general recommended no criminal charges or licensing actions in the case of more than 2,000 sets of fetal remains that were found last year in suburban Chicago. Attorney General Curtis Hill said Wednesday the
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