The Associated Press and the Belleville Press Democrat have continued to cover eight cases of E. coli infection reported over the past two weeks in Eastern Illinois. Two people have reported ill in Coles County, about 40 miles south of Champaign, and six cases were reported in nearby Effingham County, health officials said. In Effingham
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Effingham County Illinois Investigates E. coli Cases Linked with Restaurant
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The Effingham County Health Department is investigating several cases of E. coli.
The health department says it has six confirmed cases of E. coli O157:H7. They are all linked to eating at El Rancherito restaurant in Effingham at I-57 and I-70. The health department says the restaurant is cooperating and has been closed since…