SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Police say a number of factors have created a backlog in processing Firearm Owner’s Identification cards in the state, including budget issues and an increased demand. They say that in the last decade an additional million Illinois residents have
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CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County, which includes the city of Chicago, will see its deadliest year for fatal opioid overdoses when 2020 ends. The county’s chief medical examiner Dr. Ponni Arunkumar said Wednesday opioid overdose deaths this year have already surpassed last year’s
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has convicted the leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group of civil rights and hate crime charges in the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque. The jury in Minneapolis deliberated less than a day before finding 49-year-old Michael Hari guilty on five counts
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LASALLE – The eastbound lanes of I-80 in LaSalle County will be closed beginning Thursday night until Friday morning. The Illinois Department of Transportation said that the bridge replacement and repair project over the Little Vermillion River will require the shut down from 7 PM until 5
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DIXON – Lee County Health Department confirmed 3 additional COVID-19 related deaths on Wednesday, totaling 36 since the start of the pandemic. In addition to the deaths, a male in his 70’s and a male and a female in their 80’s, the county also saw 23 new cases, residents ranging in age
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois public health officials on Wednesday reported 179 deaths related to COVID-19.That’s the fourth-highest single-day fatality total since the coronavirus entered Illinois in February. The largest total was 238 on Dec. 2.Officials are still expecting darker
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PONTIAC – Thirty-five more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19 and six more have died to complications from the disease. A man in his 40’s, plus two men in their 80’s, a man and two women in their 90’s were the latest added to the total of 44
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PRINCETON – 41 new cases of COVID-19 were reported by the Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County Health Departments. 28 of the cases were reported to be in Bureau County, with 7 in Putnam County and 6 in Marshall County. The health department has confirmed a total of 3,181 cases throughout
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department was notified of 2 additional COVID-19 related deaths in the county, a male in his 70’s and a female in her 80’s. There have now been a total of 161 coronavirus related deaths throughout LaSalle County. The health department also confirmed
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ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — The Winnebago County coroner has purchased a refrigerated trailer in the event deaths related to COVID-19 overwhelms his office’s capacity to store bodies. Coroner Bill Hintz says the purchase of the $30,000 trailer was made as space in the county’s morgue
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