SPRINGFIELD – 2,082 new COVID-19 cases and 20 additional deaths were reported Tuesday by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 1,150,170 cases, including 19,686 deaths, in Illinois. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of total test from Feb. 2–8, 2021 is 3.3%. The preliminary
MT. VERNON – The Mt. Vernon Aquatic Zoo is tentatively scheduled to open for the 2021 summer season on May 29. Operating hours for the facility will return to normal, however current IDPH restrictions limit attendance to 50% of the facility occupancy limit. This will allow for a maximum 445 guests in the facility during
CARMI – A Tennessee semi driver is recovering following a Tuesday morning semi crash in White County. According to Illinois State Police, 48-year-old Anthony Taylor of Manchester, Tennessee was driving his semi south on US 45 at 2325 North around 9:40 a.m. when he ran off the right side of the road, struck an embankment
MCLEANSBORO – The Hamilton County Health Department will have a drive-thru vaccination clinic for the following group of prioritized Phase 1b individuals Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon at the McLeansboro Fire Department on South Marshall in McLeansboro. This group includes first responders, K-12 education workers, food and agriculture, manufacturing, corrections workers and inmates, USPS
CARMI – A crash involving three semis pulling trailers happened early this morning on I-64 in White County. According to Illinois State Police, all three semis were going east on I-64 near milepost 123.5 around 2:15 a.m. when the first semi began to fishtail and jackknifed. It overturned blocking both eastbound lanes. The second semi
WEST FRANKFORT – Firefighters from Benton, Marion and Zeigler helped West Frankfort firefighters put out a house fire with a ruptured gas line early Tuesday morning on Skelton Street in West Frankfort. The house was already fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived around 6 a.m. An older couple living at the home got out
BLUFORD – A 37-year-old Bluford man was arrested over the weekend after Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of shots fired. According to the sheriff’s department, around 4:30 Saturday afternoon, deputies responded to a report of shots fired in the 700 block of West South Avenue in Bluford. Deputies arrived on scene and
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Monday reported 1,747 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 35 additional deaths. Currently, IDPH is reporting a total of 1,148,088 cases, including 19,668 deaths, in 102 counties in Illinois. The preliminary seven-day statewide positivity for cases as a percent of
