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Originally from Mendota, Dr. Kimberly K. Archer is a professor of Music Composition at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

    PONTIAC – There are just under 200 active cases remaining of COVID-19 in Livingston County.  The Livingston County Health Department announced on Tuesday that just 198 individuals are battling the novel coronavirus.  Since the pandemic began, 3,653 residents have tested

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 4,318 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 33 additional deaths. – Champaign County: 2 females 60s, 1 male 60s – Clay County: 1 male 70s –

UNDATED – One woman is dead after a 2-vehicle crash in Whiteside County on Monday. According to authorities, they responded to a 2-vehicle crash on Prophet Road just west of Luther Road. Upon arrival, deputies discovered the vehicles were reportedly fully engulfed in flames and involved a

UNDATED – The Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County Health Departments have scheduled vaccination clinics for this week. According to the departments, at this point in time, there is no online registry due to huge technical issues. On Wednesday, there will be a clinic at the Putnam

  HUNTLEY – A Huntley mobile phone store employee is convicted of downloading sexual images from a customer’s cell phone. According to the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, In September of 2018, the victim visited a retail mobile phone store in the 12000 block

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department is reporting 57 new cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of cases to 9602. New recovered cases are 46 and total recovered cases, 6611.