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Lawsuits against LaSalle Veterans' Home to move forward in state court this summer after 2020 COVID outbreak
LASALLE, Ill. — After two years of delays, the attorney representing a group of families who lost loved ones during a 2020 COVID-19 outbreak in a veterans home says the lawsuits will proceed in Illinois State Court this summer. In November 2020, a COVID-19 outbreak at LaSalle Veterans Home...
Students help honor Pontiac Civil War Veteran
PONTIAC, Ill. (WMBD) — Civil War veteran Pvt. William Clark was honored Thursday with a military gun salute and official headstone at the Southside Cemetery on the day after his birthday and more than a century after his death. Clark enlisted at 19 in the Union Army’s 14th Illinois...
IDNR handling case of man shot outside Seneca
The Seneca Police Department was dispatched to its own parking lot at 7:16 a.m. Tuesday for a victim of gunshot wounds that was on their way to the department. According to a Tuesday news release, officers met with a victim who had sustained injuries. They were treated at the scene by paramedics, and later taken to a local hospital with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.
Illinois quick hits: Lawsuit over fatal veterans COVID outbreak proceeds; more Chicago robberies
Lawsuit over fatal COVID outbreak proceeds Legal proceedings will move forward in LaSalle County in connection with the deaths of dozens of veterans who died at a retirement home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Between November 2020 and January 2021, 36 veterans died during an outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans Home. An investigation by an inspector general found that health and safety protocols were ignored. ...
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