“We must learn to co-exist with COVID” – IDPH Director
SPRINGFIELD – Dr. Ezike urged residents to learn to co-exist with COVID-19 on Friday and continue to wear masks in public and practice social distancing. The Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health announced 2,758
72 individuals recovered from COVID-19 infection as Lasalle County records 10th death
OTTAWA – Five residents have recovered and have been released from isolation after previously testing positive for COVID-19 in LaSalle Can. The total number of recovered and no longer in isolation is 72. The LaSalle County Health
Pontiac prison finds additional COVID-19 infection
PONTIAC- The Illinois Department of Corrections reported Friday one new confirmed case of COVID-19 at Pontiac Correctional Center. The infected is a man in his 50s who was asymptomatic at the time of testing and is currently
Teen rescue elderly man from house-fire
Your “Daily Dose of Uplift” for May 22nd: When Dombaev Dzhambulat and Ouloubaev Aslan saw a man trapped inside a burning apartment complex, they didn’t hesitate to scale the building and rescue the man. “He said to
More than 1.2 million Illinois unemployment claims in last 11 weeks
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security yesterday released new statewide data showing the department received over 70,000 new claims for unemployment last week. They say they have processed 1.2 million claims for unemployment benefits since
Three more inmates test positive at Sheridan Prison
SHERIDAN- Three new infections of COVID-19 were found at the Sheridan Correctional Facility. This comes after weeks of being on lockdown with extensive testing and sanitation procedures in place. The IDOC reported on Thursday three additional