Livingston County Health Department will resume clinics and screenings
PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department will be resuming Family Planning & Immunization clinics beginning mid-May with some new protocols in place. In a press release Tuesday they say that individuals will be seen by appointment
DeKalb County finds six new cases Tuesday
DEKALB- The DeKalb County Health Department on Tuesday is reporting six additional positive COVID-19 cases. Since the pandemic began they have found 140 individuals infected and have had one death. In the latest update from
COVID-19 crisis delays probe of former priest’s prison death
PINCKNEYVILLE, Ill. (Belleville News-Democrat) — Officials say the investigation into the death of a southern Illinois priest who died shortly after going to prison for child pornography and drug possession has been delayed because of the coronavirus
Outbreak at development center in Dixon
DIXON – The Lee County Health Department is reporting an outbreak at an Illinois Department of Human Services facility in Dixon. On Tuesday authorities announced 24 out of 112 total residents at the Jack Mabley Center
Illinois records high single day death total related to COVID-19
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Tuesday announced 2,122 new cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 176 additional deaths, the highest single day total since the pandemic began. Currently, the IDPH is reporting a
Bureau County records first death related to COVID-19
PRINCETON- The Illinois Department of Public Health on Tuesday confirmed the death of a man in Bureau County related to COVID-19. The man in his 90’s was one of the 176 deaths announced by the IDPH.
Reading FD Rescues two stranded on Vermillion River
MANVILLE – The Reading and Cornell Fire Departments were called Monday night to a call for two subjects stranded in a boat taking on water on the Vermillion River. Around 11:30 PM Cornell Fire was able
Second COVID-19 related death in LaSalle County; two new cases
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department was notified Tuesday of the second novel coronavirus related death in LaSalle County. A woman in her 80’s, who had earlier tested positive for COVID-19, passed away. “We are deeply
Man wanted for Streator armed robbery arrested in Louisiana
STREATOR – A man suspected in an armed robbery in Streator last November is in custody after being arrested in Louisiana. The Streator Police Department said Tuesday that 30-year-old Damon J. Sherrer allegedly used a firearm
Two active cases of COVID-19 remain in Livingston County
PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department reported Monday that of the 23 positive tests for COVID-19 that have been found since the pandemic began, 20 of those infected have fully recovered, and one death, a woman