A weekend crash in Pembroke Township resulted in the death of a Watseka man. 31-year-old Leo Ciaccio was apparently thrown from his vehicle along County Road 13,000 E. The Kankakee County Coroner’s Office reports the...
The Illinois Department of Public health Sunday reported 33 new deaths from cornavirus disease. It's far less, however, from the back-to-back reports of 125 Friday and Saturday. Health officials now say there's 1,197...
The Livingston County Health Department (LCHD) has reported the first death of a Livingston County resident due to complications related to COVID-19. The individual is a woman in her 80’s who had been hospitalized.
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Watseka Police responded to a domestic problem in progress early Sunday. Officers arrived in the 400-block of M. 5th Street just before 5 am to find a male subject had been struck in the head with a baseball bat. Riverside...
A residential structure fire alerted 4 Newton County fire departments on Sunday afternoon. Brook-Iroquois Township firefighters answered a call just past 5 pm at 1017 W 625S in the Beaver City community in Newton County’s...
Gov. Holcomb announced Friday that he will extend Indiana's Stay-at-home order on Monday to May 1. At the daily COVID-19 press conference (Friday), Gov. Eric J. Holcomb announces that on Monday, April 20, he will sign an...
The Indiana State Department of Health reported Friday that now 10,154 people in Indiana have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, an increase of 611 cases from Wednesday. A total of 519 people have died from the virus.
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The Illinois Department of Public Health Friday announced 1,842 new cases of the COVID-19 virus. Included are 62 new deaths. The state agency reports a total of 27,575 cases, including 1,134 deaths in 92 counties.
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School kids in Illinois will be finishing out the school year from home. Governor JB Pritzker announced Friday students will continue to learn remotely. He said it’s just not safe for students to go back to their normal routine...
Parts of central-Illinois experienced more than 5-inches of snow overnight. A late-season storm moved through the state. The NWS had a winter weather advisory in place until 10 am (Friday) and until early afternoon for others.
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