DIXON – There was 1 more positive test in Lee County Wednesday for a total of 25 infected since the Pandemic began. That person, a resident their 40’s, is recovering at home in isolation. The Lee County Health Department reports that 12 of these 25 have fully recovered and that there
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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say they will issue a citation in connection with a wedding party at a North Side residence last week that spilled into the street in violation of efforts to fight spread of the coronavirus. Video of the April 23 party shows several dozen revelers, all white with
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WASHINGTON (AP) — New light is being shed on efforts to locate a 57-year-old military contractor from Illinois who was captured in Afghanistan. The disappearance several months ago of Mark R. Frerichs has been shrouded in mystery. But The Associated Press has learned that in the days following
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OTTAWA – An Ottawa man who was reported missing by family members on Saturday was found dead Tuesday near I-80. According to the Ottawa Police Department, 71-year-old Thomas E. Thompson was identified as the deceased subject located by authorities in rural Ottawa. The death is under
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois legislator has filed a second legal challenge to the Illinois governor’s efforts to discourage transmission of the coronavirus, saying he wants a compromise on the statewide stay-at-home order. Rep. John Cabello, a Machesney Park Republican, filed
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OTTAWA – There were no new Covid-19 cases confirmed in LaSalle, Bureau, Putnam, Livingston or Marshall County in the past 24 hours. The area communities that have reported the highest confirmed cases include Sheridan with 15, Mendota with 14 and Princeton with 6. In the latest
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Wednesday announced 2,253 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 92 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 50,355 cases, including 2,215 deaths in 96 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger than
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WASHINGTON — Federal authorities are giving cleaning and disinfecting tips for schools and workplaces to help deal with the coronavirus. The Environmental Protection Agency and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the cleaning guidelines Wednesday. The guidelines urge
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FOSTER CITY, California – (AP) A biotech company says its experimental drug has proved effective against the new coronavirus in a major U.S. government study that put it to a strict test. Gilead Sciences’s remdesivir would be the first treatment to pass such a test against the virus,
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ENERGY, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois police chief is expressing skepticism about Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s power to issue stay-at-home orders to combat the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to residents of the village of Energy, Police Chief Shawn Ladd says he and his department have no
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