DEKALB – The DeKalb County Health Department announced one additional death in the County from COVID-19 on Monday. The resident was said to be in their 80s and died from complications of COVID-19. The DCHD also reported 8 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the county total to
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 658 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, along with 23 additional deaths. This is the lowest number of daily confirmed cases since March 30th for the state. Locally, the LaSalle County Health Department announced two additional
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tropical Storm Cristobal has crashed ashore in Louisiana, and the lopsided storm is also bringing high wind and drenching rains to nearby areas of Mississippi and Alabama. The storm also spun off a tornado in north Florida before its landfall Sunday not far from the mouth of
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has lifted the city’s 9 p.m. curfew. Lightfoot on Sunday announced on Twitter the end of the curfew as city reopened subway stations in the city’s central commercial district, lowered bridges across the Chicago River and allowed bus
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 867 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 127,757. The department on Sunday reported 43 additional deaths from the disease in the past 24 hours, raising that
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — University of Illinois researchers are studying how a disease-carrying mosquito has spread in the state for decades. They focused on Asian tiger mosquitoes, an invasive bug that can spread dengue fever and other diseases. The mosquitoes originated in southeast Asia, came
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s Navy Pier plans to begin reopening Wednesday, nearly three months after closing as part of state and city efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Initial reopening plans include outdoor restaurant spaces, tour boats, parking garages and outdoor parks and
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OTTAWA – Four new cases of COVID-19 were announced in LaSalle County on Sunday. That brings the total since the pandemic began to 164 confirmed positive tests. The newly infected include two men and two women, aging in range from their teens to their fifties. Tracing protocols are in
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday announced 867 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 43 additional confirmed deaths, with only one reported from outside Chicagoland. Since the pandemic began, the IDPH is reporting a total of 127,757
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Amid an extraordinary outpouring of grief over George Floyd’s death, Virginia’s governor has pledged to remove an iconic statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. City leaders have also committed to taking down the other four Confederate memorials along
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