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Sunday COVID-19 Update: 7,598 new cases and 76 additional deaths
The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 7,598 new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. There also 76 additional COVID-19 related deaths. None of the deaths were in South C...
Dec 06, 2020
2020 12/08 - Amir Lane
Amir Lane, age two months, passed away at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital on Thursday, December 3, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, at Crouse Funeral ...
Dec 06, 2020
Airgo plane makes safe emergency landing at Mt. Vernon Outland Airport
An Airgo plane safely on the ground at Outland Airport in Mt. Vernon following an emergency landing. Photo courtesy of Mt. Vernon Professional Firefighters Facebook Page. An Airgo plane with an instru...
Dec 06, 2020
Three separate felony drug arrests made in Marion County
Salem Police say they recovered both heroin and cocaine during a traffic stop on a car driven by a Kankakee woman. Police initially stopped the car driven by Kimberly Miller on West Main Street becaus...
Dec 06, 2020
Police Beat for Sunday, December 6th, 2020
Salem Police arrested a 22-year-old Salem man for domestic battery following an incident involving his girlfriend at his home Saturday night. Police report Alexander Russell of South Lincoln had left ...
Dec 06, 2020
Illinois Republican Party chairman Tim Schneider resigning
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The head of the Illinois Republican Party is stepping down after more than six years. Tim Schneider informed members of the Republican State Central Committee during an online...
Dec 06, 2020
Northwestern Wildcats trounce Chicago State Cougars (111-66)
Chase Audige scored 20 points and Robbie Beran added 19 and Northwestern ran past Chicago State 111-66, the most points the Wildcats have scored in more than 20 years. Miller Kopp added 16 points, Ty ...
Dec 06, 2020
Northern Illinois accepts defeat against Toledo Rockets, losing (41-24)
Sophomore quarterback Carter Bradley threw for 432 yards and three touchdowns and Toledo beat Northern Illinois 41-24. Toledo broke the game in open in the fourth quarter after the two played to a 17-...
Dec 06, 2020
Iowa Hawkeyes overtake Fighting Illini (35-21)
In yesterday’s neck-and-neck game, Spencer Petras threw three touchdown passes and No. 24 Iowa scored 35 straight points after trailing by two touchdowns early and beat Illinois 35-21. Petras wa...
Dec 06, 2020
2020 12/10 - Wilma Jane Hayes
Wilma Jane Hayes, 83, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 6:00 pm December 4, 2020, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon, Illinois. Mrs. Hayes was a volunteer AARP Tax Service a...
Dec 05, 2020
