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Voice Correspondent MACOMB — Mayor Mike Inman discussed Friday a "three-legged stool" of community strategies for coping with the coronavirus pandemic. He said they are mitigation, testing, and vaccination. Inman spoke from Macomb City Hall and his comments have been posted to the Macomb You-Tube channel. The mayor said McDonough County has a less than three percent COVID-19 positivity rate and that the regional rate is around five percent. He said three days at 6.5 percent or less is the Re...

County in top 24 for statewide vaccinations By Patrick Stout Voice Correspondent MACOMB — The Illinois Department of Public Health reported Sunday that 2,581 doses of coronavirus vaccine have been given in McDonough County. Of that total, 617 people have received two shots and are fully vaccinated. The 617 figure represents 2.06 percent of the 29,955 county population. McDonough County has joined 23 of the states 101 counties in fully vaccinating more than two percent of its population, accor...

The McDonough County Voice It was at midnight in an Oklahoma radio station in 1979 that I first heard Larry King. The man who eventually conducted an estimated 60,000 interviews died Saturday at age 87. Larry King was on the Mutual Broadcasting System when I first heard him. I was filling in as overnight producer at a news/talk station in Tulsa. I had heard about Kings nationwide call-in show, but this had been my first chance to listen. King had been on the air for 63 years when he died. He h...

Voice Correspondent RUSHVILLE — A woman in her 60s has become the 16th Schuyler County coronavirus fatality. The Schuyler County Health Department announced her death on Thursday. The countys region has been placed under Restore Illinois Phase 4 mitigations. The health department also said that, for the second time this week, COVID-19 recoveries have outnumbered new positive cases. Seven people are newly recovered and six new coronavirus cases were reported since Wednesday, four women and two...

Ed/Glen, Maryville, Collinsville offer tips to view holiday lights Tyler Pletsch, tyler.pletsch@edwpub.net FacebookTwitterEmail A home stands decorated for the holidays on St. Louis Street in Edwardsville, one of the many neighborhoods that include multiple homes that are lit up this year.Tyler Pletsch | The Intelligencer Edwardsville Parks and Recreation Department has created a map to help residents identify some of the best-lit homes in town during the holidays. Trina Vetter, the department...