OTTAWA – The Ottawa Police Department are investigating an incident where they say shots may have been fired. Around 8 PM Monday night they were called to West Superior Street and Sycamore Street for what a witness said may have been gunfire. Authorities recovered spent shell casings
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CHICAGO – The American Red Cross has announced that due to the ongoing pandemic, blood, platelet and plasma donors are as essential as ever. They also supply about 40% of the nation’s blood. A number of upcoming opportunities to donate will be coming up this week, including today in Spring
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MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — Western Illinois University has a new president. The board of trustees voted unanimously on Monday to appoint Guiyou Huang as the 12th president. Huang is currently the president of Edinboro University in Pennsylvania and will take on the WIU post in January. The board will
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MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Congresswoman Cheri Bustos has announced she has tested positive for COVID-19. The western Illinois Democrat says she has mild symptoms and feels well. Bustos said Monday she is self-isolating and will be working from her home in Moline until cleared by her
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By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Hospital executives made the plea for people to take precautions against spreading COVID-19. Dr. Michael Kulisz of Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb said Monday that his staff members are working long hours and are exhausted. He
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CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois woman facing prison for stealing millions of dollars through her boyfriend’s business credit card allegedly obtained a pandemic relief loan as she prepared to report to prison. Prosecutors in a Monday court filing asked a federal judge to revoke the bond of
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By DAVID EGGERT and RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press More governors and mayors are ratcheting up COVID-19 restrictions ahead of Thanksgiving for fear that holiday travel and family gatherings will only worsen the record-breaking, coast-to-coast resurgence of the virus. In states like New Mexico
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URBANA, Ill. (AP) — Allegations of anti-Semitism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education. University spokesman Robin Kaler says the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights notified the university of the
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PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department reported that 156 more residents and four inmates at the Pontiac Correctional Center have tested positive for COVID-19. The department has received nearly 25,000 tests since the pandemic began, identifying a total of 1,651 cases.
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PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department announced that 77 new COVID-19 cases were found in Bureau County, 10 in Putnam County and 13 in Marshall County on Monday. They also shared that coming up on November 25th they will have another free COVID-19 testing
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