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Lake County, IL Cold Case: Woman Charged in Newborn’s Grocery Store Death After 25 Years

Round Lake Beach, IL – Nearly 25 years after a newborn infant was found dead in a bag behind a grocery store, a Lake County woman has been arrested...

Hobart, IN Crash Today: Vehicle Slams Into Home on Joliet Street

Hobart, IN – Emergency crews are responding to a vehicle that crashed into a home in Hobart, prompting...

Joliet, IL Barn Fire Destroys Vacant Structure Saturday Afternoon

Joliet, IL – A large vacant barn was destroyed in a Saturday afternoon fire, but firefighters were able...

Lake County, IL Route 60 Motorcycle Crash Kills Mundelein Man

Mettawa, IL – A 43-year-old Mundelein man was killed Monday night after his motorcycle collided with an SUV...

Indiana Fireworks Show Malfunction Triggers Early Explosion, No Injuries

Highland, IN – A fireworks display in northwest Indiana was briefly interrupted after an equipment malfunction caused an...

1st Teen in Kankakee tests positive for COVID-19

That information came during the Kankakee County Health Departments’ 9am briefing when new numbers were released, including a adult male in his teens and a male in his 40s, bringing Kankakee’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 44. Ages of positive cases in Kankakee County now stretch from teens to 80s.

Shapiro Developmental Center reports 44 residents exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms

Shaprio Developmental Center now has nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 44 residents exhibiting symptoms of the Virus as of Sunday. That was the information sent out union representatives in a letter obtained by Country Herald, allegedly sent by Facility Center Director Lynne Gund via the AFSCME Local 29 Facebook Group.

Manteno Softball plays catch in a digital world

The Manteno Softball team kicked up drills in a virtual landscape this afternoon. Check it out for yourself here. Time to join the virtual softball world. This...

Over 1,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in Illinois on Sunday

Illinois announced 1,105 new cases of COVID-19 today, including 18 deaths.  That brings Illinois’ total to 4,596 cases including 65 deaths across 47 counties...

IRMA releases new COVID-19 guidelines to protect grocery, retail workers

Illinois Retail Merchants Association (IRMA) announced on Saturday they’ve released new Social Distancing Guidance to employers across the State of Illinois. “To be clear, there’s...

Seniors 65+ now eligible to test at Federal Wal-Mart COVID-19 site

Department of Health and Human Services announced this morning the site requirements for testing at the Wal-Mart Joliet Federal COVID-19 Testing Site at 2424...
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