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The Livingston County Health Department (LCHD) is reporting the first bat to test positive for rabies in Livingston County of 2020. The bat was found in the 800 block of Reynolds St. in Pontiac. No one was exposed, and there were...

State officials are investigating two cases of Legionnaires’ disease at the Pontiac Correctional Center. In a news release, Illinois Department of Public Health officials said the two patients are in the hospital and are stable...

There’s been one human case of West Nile Virus reported in Illinois, the first case for 2020. The Illinois Department of Public health said the case is a DuPage County resident.  It's a woman in her 40s who became ill in...

The final steel beam was put in place (Wednesday) for Riverside Healthcare’s new Orthopedic & Spine Center in Bourbonnais. The facility is set to open next year. Riverside CEO Phil Kambic says the infrastructure is in place...

A Northern Illinois University history professor says there are similarities between the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and today’s COVID-19 pandemic. At least 50 million people died worldwide from the Spanish flu. Dr. Beatrice Howard...

It took a tie-breaking vote from Mayor Chasity Wells-Armstrong (Tuesday night). The Kankakee City Council approved an ordinance that subjects Kankakee businesses to a fine – if they don’t enforce the wearing of a mask by the...

The Region 7 positivity rate in Illinois is improved. The good news comes from the Illinois Department of Public Health. Region 7’s positivity rate has dropped from 8.8% last week to 7.4%. Region 7 includes Kankakee and Will...

One man is dead and a juvenile is facing charges after a shooting Monday night in Kankakee County. Sheriff’s Police report the shooting killed an Essex Township man. Details were sketchy. An investigation continues. A press...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order August 11 allowing for what is touted as a Social Security Tax Holiday. It allows employees to NOT pay into SS from April 1 thru December 31 … However, the program, as explained by...

Ford County public health officials added another death to its totals for COVID-19 Tuesday. The county now has four persons who have died of the coronavirus. The death was the county’s second in a week linked to a long-term care...