MENDOTA – Santa Claus will be coming to a special drive-thru event in Mendota on Saturday. The big guy himself will be appearing at the Graves-Hume Public Library parking lot from 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM. Santa’s elves will be handing out gift bags and the Mendota Optimist Club will
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CHICAGO (AP) — A New York-based nonprofit that honors fallen first responders says it has paid the mortgages of homes of three Chicago police officers and two Illinois State Police troopers who were killed during the last two years. Tunnel to Towers Foundation says it is “proud to
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ALGONQUIN, Ill. (AP) — Two people are suing a suburban Chicago funeral home after discovering that one of them was given the ashes of the other’s loved one and not her own. The lawsuit says Georgic Byrd, of Carpentersville, and David Hill, of McHenry, allege that Byrd was mistakenly given
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LASALLE – The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs Monday announced that Acting Assistant Director Anthony Vaughn will serve as the interim Administrator of the LaSalle Veterans’ Home after former Administrator Angela Mehlbrech was terminated by the Department. They also
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PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department announced Monday that three more individuals have died from complications related to COVID-19. They say a man in his 70’s, a woman in her 90’s, and an inmate at the Pontiac Correctional Center in his 50’s have passed away.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago alderman admits he violated state and city orders banning indoor dining when he let some regular customers eat inside restaurants he owns. Alderman Tom Tunney made the admission on Monday after a blog devoted to police issues reported that diners were eating inside his
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed 8,691 new cases of coronavirus. There have been a total of 796,264 cases since the start of the pandemic statewide. In addition to the cases, 90 additional deaths were reported by the IDPH as well, making 13,343 deaths in
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OTTAWA – 4 residents of LaSalle County were reported to have died from COVID-19 related complications. These individuals are a female in her 60’s, a male in his 70’s, and a male and female in their 80’s and with the addition of their deaths, there has now been a total of 154 COVID-19
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ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Community leaders, residents and elected officials in Illinois are working to keep a nuclear energy company from closing its plant. The Rockford Register Star reports that Exelon announced in August that it would close its Byron nuclear power plant in September 2021 and
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CHICAGO (AP) — Former state Sen. Martin Sandoval, who was facing prison after pleading guilty to political corruption, has died from COVID-19 complications. Attorney Dylan Smith confirmed the death Saturday based on his conversations with Sandoval’s family. Sandoval, the former Senate
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