Seneca cancels Shipyard Days
SENECA – Shipyard Days in Seneca, the annual event that honors the history of Landing Ship Tank construction in the Illinois Valley during World War II has been cancelled. Organizers made the announcement Monday. The
Coronavirus scuttles Ottawa summer festivities
OTTAWA – Most of the summer events in Ottawa have been cancelled. At a city council meeting Tuesday night Commissioner Wayne Eichelkraut said that “We are going to have to at this time cancel Riverfest, Music in
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
Single vehicle crash leaves driver uninjured
MENDOTA- A single vehicle crash Tuesday morning left the driver uninjured, but wet. Around 10:45 AM the Illinois State Police we’re called to Illinois 251 near North 38th road for a car in the water.
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