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...

Citadel of Kankakee chosen by Governor for COVID-19 testing among residents, staff

Citadel of Kankakee has been chosen by the Illinois Department of Public Health for COVID-19 testing in nursing homes that do currently NOT have...

Will County tops 2,000 total COVID-19 cases

Will County Health Department announced this afternoon the County had topped over 2,000 total cases of COVID-19, which now stands as of Friday at...

Kankakee Coroner’s Office releases COVID-19 death info for County

The Kankakee County Coroner’s Office released a number of statistics surrounding deaths in Kankakee County this afternoon, including victim’s ages and residents of death....

COVID-19: Kankakee County announces 19 new cases, 7 new recoveries

Kankakee County Health Department officials announced 19 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.  Among them, they are ages ranging from teenagers...

Over 16k tested for COVID-19 yesterday in Illinois, 2,724 new cases announced

Illinois Department of Public Health officials announced it had hit its goal for the first time of 10,000 tests per day in Illinois, announcing...

74% Full: Southwestern Suburbs Hospitals, including Kankakee, Joliet, brace for peak weekend

ICU beds are available entering a weekend when Illinois is said to be nearing, on or at its peak for the COVID-19 pandemic, depending...
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