PONTIAC- One more resident of Livingston County has tested positive for COVID-19. The Livingston County Health Department announced Monday that the individual is a male in his 30s who is recovering at home in isolation. LCHD officials continue to work closely with the Illinois Department of
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Monday announced 1,173 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 74 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 22,025 cases, including 794 deaths, in 87 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than one
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OTTAWA – One additional case has recovered and that person has been released from isolation. The total number of recovered individuals for LaSalle County is 7. That’s according to the latest numbers released Monday by the LaSalle County Health Department. All LaSalle County
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SPRINGFIELD- Governor JB Pritzker has activated approximately 80 additional Illinois National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from throughout the state in support of COVID-19 response operations bringing the total number of activated Illinois National Guard members to about 650. Ten of those
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PRINCETON- A sixth resident of Bureau County has tested positive for COVID-19. On Monday the Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County health Department announced that a man in his 50’s was screened and tested by an area hospital. The individual is recovering at home at this time. Public health
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PERU – North Peoria Street in Peru will be closed from the south side of 26th Street to south of Midtown Road beginning Monday, April 13th. This section of road will be fully closed until further notice for the reconstruction of North Peoria Street. There will be no through traffic in the
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois farmers produced 2.3 million pounds of industrial hemp in the first year of legal cultivation in decades, state officials said.The Illinois Department of Agriculture began issuing hemp-production permits last spring after production was legalized. Of 651
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SHERIDAN- The Illinois Department of Corrections confirms one more staff member infected with COVID-19 at Sheridan Correctional Facility. That means as of Sunday evening 4 staff and 10 inmates have reported positive cases. Statewide IDOC shows 102 staff and 146 inmates infected.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois reported an additional 43 deaths Sunday from COVID-19 and the largest one-day increase in coronavirus infections with more than 1,600, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker said even those numbers show signs that the state might be nearing the peak of the outbreak.In a
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday announced 1,672 new cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 43 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 20,852 cases, including 720 deaths, in 86 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from
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