PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department confirmed that nine more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19, as well as 3 more inmates at Pontiac Correctional Center. All 12 of these cases are recovering at home in isolation. Since the start of the pandemic,
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OTTAWA – A female in her 90s is the latest coronavirus related death in LaSalle County. The LaSalle County Health Department announced the death, the 62nd in total, along with 46 new cases. This is the most cases the county has seen in a single day since early September. 2,284 cases in
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SPRINGFIELD – 4,942 new COVID-19 cases were reported Thursday by the Illinois Department of Public Health. That is the highest daily case count the state has seen since September 4th. The IDPH also confirmed 44 additional coronavirus related deaths, which included a female in her 80s from
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STREATOR – An opportunity for area businesses to keep up with their state required sexual harassment training courses is being offered in Streator. The Streator Area Chamber of Commerce is working with Woodland School and Streator Township High School, who use a company called Bushue Human
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STREATOR – The Streator Area United Way is nearing their fundraising pledge goal for the year. Ahead of their November 5th dinner, it was announced this week that they were over 88% of the way to meeting their nearly $240,000 goal. The bulk of the funds pledged have come from area
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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced during National Teen Driver Safety Week that teen driver deaths are down 74% since 2007. “The goal has always been to save lives,” White said. “While our graduated driver licensing program is working as intended with teen
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By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — As Illinois is battles a resurgence of the coronavirus, the governor is laying groundwork for distributing a vaccine when it becomes available. Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday that vaccines will first go to health
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JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago police officer who made public allegations of misconduct in the death while in custody of a Black criminal suspect has been arrested. Joliet police Sgt. Javier Esqueda was charged Wednesday with official misconduct. The charges are the result of Esqueda
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FORD HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a suburban Chicago man who was seriously injured when the plane he was piloting crashed near a highway Tuesday later died from his injuries. The Cook County medical examiner’s office says 70-year-old Lawrence Jagmin of Frankfort was pronounced
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PONTIAC – Twelve more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19, including three children under the age of 10. The Livingston County Health Department say all of the newly infected are recovering at home in isolation. So far, the department has received 16,339 COVID-19
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