STREATOR – A flurry of activity kept the Streator Police Department busy over the last 24 hours. Around 4 PM on Sunday in the 100 block of LaSalle Street, they were called to a residence for a report of two guns being taken. Then a half hour later in the 1400 block of North Sterling
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LELAND – It took Kailen McNelis a decade to accomplish, but he found out he will become an Eagle Scout last week. The 18-year-old from Earlville joined scouting because his father thought it might be something he would be interested in. “It was an awesome community of other boys my
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AURORA – In at least two instances, according to authorities, shots were fired at Aurora police Sunday night as law enforcement tried to quell the violence caused after a peaceful protest became anything but peaceful. The Aurora Police Department say one officer was injured after being
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CHICAGO (Chicago Tribune) — Chicago-area parents are looking for babysitters who will adhere to social distancing rules as many summer camps have closed in an effort to stymie the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak. Skokie resident Rebecca Abraham is a nurse in an intensive care unit in a medical
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DEKALB- A day after a peaceful march in DeKalb to protest the death of a black man in police custody in Minnesota, police were racing from location to location Sunday night. According to authorities, after a march through parts of the northwest side of the city, a few people not interested
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CHICAGO (AP) — Public health officials say there have been 1,343 new cases of COVID-19 and 60 additional deaths in Illinois. The state’s Department of Public Health announced the latest details on the coronavirus pandemic Sunday. Overall, there have been 120,260 cases, including 5,390
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CHICAGO (AP) — While Chicago officials took extraordinary steps Sunday to patrol and restrict access to the city’s downtown in the hopes of preventing further chaos after a night of protests over the death of George Floyd, reports of vandalism and unrest cropped up throughout the day in the
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OTTAWA – Starting Monday, all persons arriving at the LaSalle County Courthouses in Ottawa will have to follow new procedures. LaSalle County Sheriff Tom Templeton announced that all persons entering the facilities will have their temperatures taken. If they test at 100.4 degrees or higher,
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department announced Sunday an additional three COVID-19 cases, bringing the total to 154 infections since the pandemic began. The additional cases are in two men, one in his teens and another in his 20’s, plus a woman in her 40’s. Of those
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday announced 1,343 new cases of COVID-19, including 60 additional deaths. Of the reported deaths, 12 were from outside the Chicagoland area. Since the pandemic began, there have been 120,260 cases, including 5,390 deaths, in 101
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