PONTIAC – Thirty-nine more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19. Since the pandemic began, 122 active cases remain in the county out of the 2,843 positive test results recorded. At the Pontiac Correctional Center 17 inmates and 18 staff remain active novel
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PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department on Monday reported the death of a man in his 90’s from complications related to COVID-19. That brings the total number of deaths associated with the pandemic in Bureau County to 63. They also reported 17 new
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OTTAWA – 2 individuals, a female in her 70’s and another in her 80’s, have reportedly died from coronavirus related complications. This marks 206 COVID-19 related deaths in the county since the pandemic began. The LaSalle County Health Department also reported 19 more COVID-19 cases and
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SPRINGFIELD – The IDPH reported 4,699 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the lowest daily case count the state has seen since October. The state health department also confirmed 98 additional deaths, including individuals from Bureau and LaSalle County. In total,
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LELAND – The Leland Police Department are looking for a person of interest that they say assaulted a store employee in the 100 block of North Main Street on Sunday. They say around 10:30 PM a man allegedly punched the victim with an unknown object after the victim asked to see the
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By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago’s leading attorney has resigned in the fallout of a botched police raid on the home of a woman who was not allowed to put on clothes before being handcuffed. Corporation Counsel Mark Flessner announced the move in an
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say a gunman opened fire during a party inside a beauty salon and wounded six people. The shooting happened about 12:30 a.m. Saturday in the South Side neighborhood of Burnside after the gunman walked in on the gathering. A 41-year-old man was struck in the abdomen
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PRINCETON – A Princeton man is facing drug charges after a Tri County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team investigation Thursday. Princeton Police and the Tri-DENT task force took 35-year-old Nathan D. Benavidez into custody at a residence in the 100 block of North Linn Street. He was
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THOMSON, Ill. (AP) — A 36-year-old inmate at the federal prison in the northwestern Illinois community of Thomson has died. Federal Bureau of Prisons officials say Patrick Bacon was found unresponsive in his cell around midnight Friday. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital. Details on his
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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois public health officials are reporting 79 more deaths attributed to COVID-19 among 6,003 new cases. The Illinois Department of Public Health says Illinois has had 900,370 confirmed cases since the pandemic began. More than 15,200 people have died. A suburban Chicago
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