SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ coronavirus death toll has topped 300. Public health officials confirmed 33 additional deaths Monday from the illness caused by the virus. The state reported 1,006 new cases of the virus Monday, bringing

DIXON – Lee County has received two more positive cases of COVID-19.   Those infected were a person in their 50’s and one in their 20’s.  The total number of cases in Lee County now number 4. 

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois inmates who meet the medical criteria may be granted furloughs to minimize the spread of coronavirus in state prisons. Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed an executive order giving the Illinois Department

PONTIAC – Three more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-19.Livingston County Health Department officials were notified of the new cases on Monday.  The individuals include a female in her 30s in hospitalization, as well

SPRINGFIELD-  The Illinois Department of Public Health today announced 1,006 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois and 33 additional deaths, including a DeKalb County man in his 50’s. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 12,262 cases,

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday announced 899 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 31 additional deaths. Currently, the IDPH is reporting a total of 11,256 cases, including 274 deaths, in 71 counties

OTTAWA- A late update by the LaSalle County Health Department added another COVID-19 case to the growing list, a woman in her 20’s.    She is said to be recovering at home in isolation and is the

CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois governor says the state needs thousands more ventilators from the federal government as it desperately prepares for its a peak in coronavirus cases expected in late April. Gov. J.B. Pritzker told CNN

OTTAWA – A total of ten cases of COVID-19 have been found in LaSalle County.   Three new cases were announced by the LaSalle County Health Department Sunday afternoon.    They announced two men in their 30’s

PONTIAC – A woman in her 50’s is recovering at home after testing positive for COVID-19.   The Livingston County Health Department made the announcement Sunday.   The woman was said to be recovering at home in

MORRIS – Two more residents of Grundy County have tested positive for COVID-19.    The Grundy County Health Department announced Sunday that a man and a woman in their fifties had become infected, but did not disclose

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Journal Star) — Illinois has barred all activities at state parks, fish and wildlife areas, recreational areas and historic sites in another move to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Illinois Department of Natural Resources

CHICAGO – 1,454 people tested positive for Covid-19, according to Governor J.B. Pritzker Saturday.  At his daily press conference, the governor and public health officials said that over 33 people have died from the disease in the

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois continued to share in the nation’s economic pain wrought by COVID-19 with 178,421 unemployment claims filed last week.The 56% jump, from 114,114 a week earlier, was part of a record 6.65 million

  MENDOTA – A nurse from Mendota answered the call to help in New York City as they battle the ongoing pandemic caused by the novel Coronavirus COVID-19. Jennifer Escatel was contacted by a recruiter from a

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The state public health director has issued a somber warning that Illinois residents can expect mounting numbers of illness and death in the new month from the vicious spread of the coronavirus. The 6,980