The Champaign County ZIP codes/towns with the most active cases: 61820/Champaign, 110 (+21) ... 61821/Champaign, 92 (+7) ... 61801/Urbana, 54 (+11) ... 61822/Champaign, 47 (+6) ... 61802/Urbana, 41 (+7) ... Rantoul, 27 (+1) ... Mahomet, 26 (+4) ... Savoy, 17 (+1) ... Tolono, 15 (—).
Total doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 134,484 (+1,226) ... DeWitt, 7,706 (+49) ... Douglas, 8,916 (+51) ... Ford, 7,368 (+134) ... Iroquois, 12,893 (+41) ... Piatt, 9,980 (+177) ... Vermilion, 32,701 (+118).
She was driving south on I-57 near Pesotum when her van hit the rear of a second vehicle, left the road and hit several small trees. Her passenger was thrown out. The second vehicle kept going.
The trooper found a Glock 9mm handgun with an extended magazine containing hollow-point bullets under the seat.
Police found Frazier in a stairwell of an apartment building. Near him was a holster and a magazine with eight rounds of ammunition in it.
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”Police are asking that anyone who has information on any shooting, or who might have video surveillance that could help them, to please call Champaign police at 217-351-4545 or Urbana police at 217-384-2320.”
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A hold placed on the use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine won’t have much of a short-term impact on vaccination efforts in local counties, public health officials said.
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The Champaign County ZIP codes/towns with the most active cases: 61820/Champaign, 89 (—) ... 61821/Champaign, 85 (+2) ... 61801/Urbana, 43 (-4) ... 61822/Champaign, 41 (-2) ... 61802/Urbana, 34 (—) ... Rantoul, 26 (+3) ... Mahomet, 22 (—) ... Savoy, 16 (+3) ... Tolono, 15 (—).
Total doses administered in area counties: Champaign, 133,258 (+1,527) ... DeWitt, 7,657 (+285) ... Douglas, 8,865 (+23) ... Ford, 7,234 (+10) ... Iroquois, 12,852 (+39) ... Piatt, 9,803 (+57) ... Vermilion, 32,583 (+278).
Police said she had no valid driver’s license and had a 2-month-old and an unsecured 4-year-old in the back seat when stopped for swerving.
Steve A. Jackson, 29, was charged with trying to strangle the mother of his child Sunday and allegedly shooting at her house while she was in it on Monday.
When she woke, she was naked, disoriented and believed she had been sexually assaulted. Evidence taken from her was later linked to Newsome.
The state will now provide Medicaid benefits to eligible mothers for up to 12 months postpartum, a major extension from the previous 60-day limit. “Every mother in Illinois deserves access to quality healthcare following the birth of a child, regardless of their income level,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said.
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