OTTAWA – Another resident of LaSalle County has died from COVID-19 related complications, the LaSalle County Health Department reports. The individual, a female in her 80’s, is now the 45th coronavirus related death in the county. The LCHD also announced 28 additional cases, for a total
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced that 24 Illinoisans died in the past 24 hours from complications involving Coronavirus. The deaths range from a suburban St. Louis woman in her 50s to a woman in her 100s in LaSalle County. The LaSalle County death was
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MORRIS – Exelon announced Thursday that they will be closing the nuclear plants in Morris and Byron in fall of 2021. In a statement, they say the four reactors will shut down costing the area over 1,500 full time jobs and $63 million in tax revenue. According to Exelon, they say the
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BARBARA ORTUTAY and ANITA SNOW Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) Repeated calls for armed vigilantes to travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, to protect businesses following the police shooting of Jacob Blake spread across social media in the hours before two people were shot to death and a third was
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STREATOR – The Streator Police Department say a man has been reported going to door to door asking for money, and residents should be on alert. On Wednesday they reported a resident complained about a white male in his late 40’s who was telling residents he would do odd jobs to
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — The University of Notre Dame has added security personnel at its COVID-19 quarantine and isolation sites after students were observed leaving the off-campus apartments and hotels in violation of safety protocols. University spokesman Dennis Brown says students under
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s school board has decided to keep a police presence in some of its schools despite the demands of protesters who say school resource officers create an unsafe learning atmosphere. The Board of Education voted 4-2 on Wednesday to renew a contract with the Chicago
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CHICAGO (AP) — Federal charges have been filed against two Chicago men accused of conspiring to burglarize three pharmacies during looting that occurred in the spring. William Lorenz and Ivan Bermudez were charged in a criminal complaint made public Wednesday with one count each of conspiracy
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OGLESBY – The Illinois Valley Community College board’s facilities committee reviewed three future projects Wednesday. Upgrades were suggested for the Library/Student Success Center, Professional Development Center and the final construction phase of the Agriculture Center. The
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SKOKIE, Ill. (AP) — A young woman who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of an Uber driver in suburban Chicago has been sentenced to 27 years in prison. Eliza Wasni was sentenced Monday. Wasni was 16 years old when she was accused of killing Grant Nelson of Wilmette.
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