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PRINCETON – A male in his 70s and another in his 80s are the most recent COVID-19 related deaths in Bureau County. This brings the total COVID-19 related deaths in Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County to 39 with 34 of those deaths from Bureau County and 5 in Marshall County. Health

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department is reminding residents that the county remains at an orange warning level for COVID-19 risk metrics. The orange status indicates that there are warning signs of increased COVID-19 risk. They add that the county has experienced a drastic rise in

SPRINGFIELD – 13,012 new probable and confirmed cases of COVID-19 were confirmed Friday by the Illinois Department of Public Health, including 126 deaths. Included in those deaths were 2 individuals from Bureau County, 4 from LaSalle County, and 1 from DeKalb County. Illinois has seen a

MENDOTA- Families struggling to get a Thanksgiving meal on the table will be helped Friday night at the First Presbyterian Church in Mendota.   Volunteers have pre-packaged some complete dinners with turkey and sides for those in the community needing assistance this holiday season.   

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois governor says the speaker of the House should answer questions about a bribery scheme in which federal prosecutors have implicated him, or resign. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday said that Illinois taxpayers

CHICAGO (AP) — Cook County’s commissioners approved a $14 million settlement of a lawsuit filed by female jail workers and assistant public defenders that contend a pattern of sexual misconduct along with physical and verbal abuse by detainees at the Illinois facility. The lawsuit filed

By MIKE STOBBE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency is pleading with Americans to avoid travel for Thanksgiving or to spend the holiday with people with whom they do not currently live. The Centers for Disease Control and