COVID-19

Kankakee County Residents Reflect on National COVID-19 Day

KANKAKEE, Ill. - Today marks National COVID-19 Day in the United States, a day dedicated to reflecting on the impact of the pandemic on communities across the world. On this...

IDPH to offer 1 Million COVID-19 tests to K-12 public school districts 

CHICAGO - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Thursday it will provide a one-time bulk shipment over-the-counter...

“This may force schools to go remote,” Governor says as Administration asks for immediate appeal of School Safety ruling  

CHICAGO - Governor Pritzker has asked the Illinois Attorney General’s office for an immediate appeal of Judge Grischow’s...

Multiple area schools begin to implement “masks optional” policy beginning Monday 

PEOTONE - Multiple schools in Illinois will begin instituting a “masks optional” policy beginning Monday. Among them, Peotone...

Illinois records pandemic high of more than 200,000 COVID cases in one week

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday that the state had recorded 201,428 new cases...

Star Wars had their own COVID-19, May 4th now brings politicize pandemic to table

The rebels may have been a lot of things, but they weren’t stupid. As they fought to fight patriarchy in the Galaxy, they knew not...

Farmers Markets open, busy during COVID-19 for essentials goods in Kankakee

Kankakee’s Farmers Market saw drive-thru customers for the first time this past weekend. “We were just as busy today as any first day of the...

Iroquois County announces first death due to COVID-19, now 41 cases

The Iroquois County Health Department announced on Sunday the first COVID-19 related eath of an Iroquois County resident, a female in her 60s.  The news...

COVID-19: Kankakee County now 400+ COVID-19, 17 announced Sunday, 3 teens

Kankakee County Health Department Officials announced Sunday 17 new cases, including 3 teenagers in the County.  That brings case totals for Kankakee to 415...

ILLINOIS RECORD: 19k tests in 24 hours, average 2.3k daily cases last 12 days

Illinois has now passed a record for COVID-19 testing efforts, announcing on Sunday 19,417 tests had been ran in the State in the past...

Kankakee Coroner’s report raises questions if COVID-19 deaths are labeled correctly

Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner has signed two death certificates for COVID-19, himself. “A death is considered a COVID-19 related when the primary Physician or...
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