OGLESBY – Oglesby is asking businesses in the community if they are interested in a state small business grant Wednesday night. They ask those companies to contact them before they consider going forward with navigating the process to gain eligibility to administer the Downstate Small
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OGLESBY- There is a new interim Police Chief in Oglesby. At Wednesday nights City Council meeting the Mayor nominated former Minooka Chief Doug Hayse to handle the administrative and leadership duties of the department. Hayse left the Minooka department in 2010. Prior to that he spent
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A campaign to raise money for Illinois nonprofits blindsided by the spread of the coronavirus announced its first distribution of $5.5 million Wednesday.The Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund, organized by Gov. J.B. Pritzker three weeks ago, has collected just under $29
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Strategic National Stockpile is nearly out of N95 respirators, surgical masks, face shields, gowns and other supplies desperately needed to protect front-line medical workers treating coronavirus patients. The House Oversight committee has released documents showing that
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DIXON – The latest case of COVID-19 in Lee County has hospitalized a resident in their 70’s. Lee County now has 6 confirmed cases. A total of 236 Lee County residents have been tested. State labs are now working 3 shifts, which has resulted in increased numbers of tests being
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SHERIDAN – One more inmate has tested positive for COVID-19 at the Sheridan Correctional Facility. According to the Illinois Department of Corrections they are now reporting three staff members and eight inmates positive for the coronavirus. The facility is currently under lockdown.
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PONTIAC- One more resident of Livingston County has tested positive for COVID- 19. The Livingston County Health Department said Wednesday that individual is a female in her 50’s recovering at home. The health department says they have received 111 COVID-19 test results. Of that, eleven
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PRINCETON- A Princeton man is dead after a fatal motorcycle crash Tuesday evening. According to the Bureau County Sheriff’s Office, around 7:30 PM they were called to Lover’s Lane Road West of South Main Street in Princeton for an SUV vs motorcycle crash. Witnesses say the motorcycle
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Wednesday announced 1,529 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 82 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 15,078 cases, including 462 deaths, in 78 counties in Illinois. The age of cases ranges from younger
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OTTAWA – Two more cases were announced on Wednesday of COVID-19 in LaSalle County. The LaSalle County Health Department says that a man in his 40’s and a woman in her 30’s tested positive. Due to privacy laws, no further details will be released.
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