Coronavirus Kankakee

Kankakee Public Library hosting Vaccine Clinic

The State of Illinois is partnering with the Kankakee Public Library and hosting a vaccine clinic. Persons 18 years of age and older can schedule an appointment for a...

Pediatric COVID-19 vaccinations begin this Saturday in Kankakee

KANKAKEE – Children ages 5-11 will get their first opportunity to receive a COVID-19 vaccine beginning this Saturday. That’s...

Kankakee County Board issues opposition to Health Care Right of Conscience Act amendment

KANKAKEE – The Kankakee County Board Executive Committee unanimously voted Tuesday in opposition to an amendment of The...

Nurses granted temporary restraining order in vaccine mandate case

(The Center Square) – Six nurses employed by Riverside Healthcare in Kankakee who filed a lawsuit against the...

KCC: COVID-19 Vaccines – Myths vs. Facts panel

Kankakee Community College will host a live online panel discussion, “COVID-19 Vaccines – Myths vs. Facts,” on Thursday,...

St. Anne goes remote, 2% of students go remote due to lack of faculty in Herscher

ST. ANNE – “It is becoming increasingly more difficult to fully staff our buildings due to quarantines and some positive cases,” Superintendent Charles Stegall...

336 quarantine at Indiana Wesleyan after NAIA Season tipped off in Bourbonnais

BOURBONNAIS – Olivet Nazarene University announced it would begin the NAIA Basketball season on October 27th against Indiana Wesleyan University in Bourbonnais. Olivet lost...

Kankakee County COVID-19 active cases up nearly 600% this month

KANKAKEE – Three new deaths have been reported from COVID-19 in Kankakee, marking the most single-day deaths announced in the County. To date,...

Contact Tracing shows sites for Exposure vs. Outbreak so far Kankakee-Will Region 7

BOURBONNAIS — Data released November 6th from the Illinois Department of Public Health showcases key exposure and outbreak data released after contact tracing efforts...

Pritzker calls out local officials as Illinois COVID-19 cases spike 380% since Oct 1st

CHICAGO - Three additional Regions will join Region 1 in additional mitigations beginning Wednesday, including Regions 5, 7, and 8. During a COVID-19 briefing...

Region 7 enters TIER 2 mitigations Wednesday after positivity rockets to 15.4%

BOURBONNAIS - The Illinois Department of Health announced for the third straight time since Friday over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases in the State Sunday afternoon,...
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