CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health says 74 new deaths are reported in the state, giving a total pandemic death count of just over 4,100 Illinosans. OF the 74, 90 percent lived in the Chicagoland area, and four people were in their 100’s, and 16 in their 90’s.
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department announced on Saturday two new confirmed Covid-19 cases, a man in his 40’s and a man in his 50’s. That makes 119 for the county since the pandemic was declared in March, though 55 have since recovered. Both of the two new cases
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ATLANTA (AP) — As state after state begins to reopen, local health departments charged with tracking down everyone who has been in close contact with those who test positive for coronavirus are still scrambling to hire enough people. They are often hundreds _ even thousands _ of people short of
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CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois officials say an additional 130 people have died of the coronavirus, bringing the state’s toll from the virus to 4,058. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday announced that people working essential jobs can now get tested whether or not they show symptoms of COVID-19.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Fraud charges have been filed against an accountant and two executives of a suburban Chicago auto loan company for misappropriating more than $5 million in company funds. James Collins, CEO of Evanston-based Honor Finance LLC, the company’s chief operating officer, Robert
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Though neighbors, some elected officials in Missouri and Illinois are at odds as Congress considers another coronavirus aid package. Democratic Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said Friday that the state has $6.5 billion of unpaid bills unrelated to the coronavirus
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois nurse is expressing regret for not taking better precautions while visiting her sister’s Wisconsin bar. Katie Koutsky, a nurse with Advocate Aurora Health system, says she was helping her sister reopen her suburban Milwaukee bar Wednesday
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STREATOR – Streator City Council discussed solutions to persistent speeding on Old Orchard Lane after several residents voiced their concern. Streator resident Mindy Stevens spoke to the council at their Thursday meeting and said that she has seen several motorists not respecting the speed
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Friday announced 2,432 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 130 additional deaths. Within the past 24 hours, laboratories have ran over 26,000 tests. The statewide 7-day rolling positivity rate (positive tests) is 16%.
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department today reported three additional COVID-19 related deaths in LaSalle County. The individuals, two females in their 60’s, and a female in her 80’s, had earlier tested positive for COVID-19. “It is with deep sorrow that we announce the
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