The head of the state Department of Public Health said Sunday that the transmission of the new Coronavirus had "slowed tremendously" in Illinois, "but, of course, it's not enough to have completely made sure that it died out."Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, credits the slowing to statewide actions such as the stay-at-home order.

Tensions ran high briefly as two vehicles blocked the intersection of Second Street and Capitol Avenue and other protesters had to be removed from the walkway by Springfield police and Secretary of State Capitol police Sunday afternoon.

PEORIA - A man died in a single-vehicle car crash early Sunday morning outside Chillicothe.

Chris Schaffner is looking for a few good masks. And a few good people to make them.

MACOMB -- A Macomb woman and three children required hospital visits Saturday following a single-vehicle accident just north of their hometown.