Category Archives: News
McLean Co. COVID-19 Update 8-11-20: 11 New Cases
McLean County Health Department is reporting 11 new cases of COVID-19 today, bringing our total to 656 cases. At this time 90 individuals are isolating at home with no active cases currently hospitali...
Aug 11, 2020
Illinois Supreme Court sides with AG, postpones Friday's contempt hearing
(The Center Square) - There won't be a civil contempt hearing this Friday in Clay County after the Illinois Supreme Court sided with the Illinois attorney general's request to postpone the hearing. St...
Aug 11, 2020
Quick hits: Illinois news in brief for Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020
Committee to address Pritzker's proposed mask rule The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules meets in Springfield on Tuesday. The meeting is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Tuesday to address a rule from G...
Aug 11, 2020
High Winds Down Tree Limbs and Power Lines
Residents across central Illinois are assessing the damage created by a powerful line of storms known as a Derecho [[ deh-REY-cho ]]. The long-lived wind storm accompanied by a squall line blew threw ...
Aug 11, 2020
Attorneys seek to remove Madigan as head of Democratic Party of Illinois as part of civil RICO suit
(The Center Square) - A group of attorneys who filed a civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act case against House Speaker Michael Madigan and ComEd want to remove the speaker from pow...
Aug 10, 2020
Emergency rental assistance available for Illinoisans
(The Center Square) - Illinois renters struggling to make rent payments because of the pandemic have a new option. The Illinois Housing Development Authority created the $150 million Emergency Rental ...
Aug 10, 2020
Additional federal aid for Illinois less certain as Trump says no ‘bailout of badly run blue states’
(The Center Square) - Congress has yet to agree on another COVID-19 aid package that would free up money for states like Illinois. The problem for Illinois is, state government is banking on that mone...
Aug 10, 2020
McLean Co. COVID-19 Update 8-10-20
McLean County Health Department is reporting 6 new cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to 645 cases. At this time 101 individuals are isolating at home with no active cases currently hospitali...
Aug 10, 2020
Judge Orders Pritzker to Show Up for Contempt Hearing in Clay County or Face Arrest
(The Center Square) - All eyes will be on a Clay County courtroom where a state Representative is seeking to have a judge to hold Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker in civil contempt of court and jailed for ...
Aug 10, 2020
Professor Warns That University Towns in Illinois Vulnerable for COVID-19 Spread
(The Center Square) - A University of Illinois professor is warning of a possible "public health tsunami" as students return to campus in small and medium-sized university towns. Dr. Sheldon Jacobson ...
Aug 10, 2020
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