SPRINGFIELD- Governor Pritzker assembled top researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago Department of Public Health, Illinois Department of Public Health, along with outside consulting groups in the last few
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SPRINGFIELD- Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday an extension to the statewide “Stay at Home” executive order that has been in place since March 21st. Residents will be asked to limit non-essential travel until May 30th and continue social distancing. The new executive order
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Thursday announced 1,826 new cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 123 additional deaths. Currently, the IDPH is reporting a total of 36,934 cases, including 1,688 deaths, in 96 counties in Illinois. The age of cases
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OTTAWA- The LaSalle County Health Department has confirmed two additional COVID-19 cases bringing the total to 41 cases.since the beginning of the Pandemic. The additional cases are both females in their 50’s. The latest update also indicates that one of the newer cases is in Mendota, which
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CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed actor Jussie Smollett’s malicious prosecution lawsuit against Chicago and several police officers. The former “Empire” actor said he was beaten in a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago in January 2019. Chicago police charged
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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker is not keen on a suggestion by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that states like Illinois could file for bankruptcy to get out from under public employee pension debt. McConnell suggested the move Wednesday on a syndicated radio show. The
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PAW PAW – Paw Paw village President Michael Torman traveled to California to participate in a taping in February of the game show Jeopardy. The program aired Wednesday, where the Lee County man came up short during final Jeopardy of winning the game. Torman said he didn’t know he had
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DIXON – The Lee County Health Department Wednesday announced that KSB Hospital celebrated the release of a COVID-19 patient after a 16-day hospital stay. This is the third person to be successfully treated and released by KSB Hospital. One more additional case was identified, bringing
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SPRINGFIELD- In the Wednesday update from the Illinois Department of Public Health, they disclosed that the zip code for Mendota has had six positive cases of Coronavirus disease since the pandemic began. Health officials say 38 tests have been done for residents in the area. There was no
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois House Republicans are suggesting ways for slowly reopening businesses and relaxing restrictions on public interaction as the threat from COVID-19 potentially recedes. With Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order scheduled to expire April 30, GOP
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