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...

Riverside Miller Center resident dies from COVID-19

A resident at Riverside’s Miller Center has allegedly died from COVID-19. The information came following an obituary of a local woman posting on Fedde-Helfrich-Cross Funeral...

IDPH on possible data errors: “We can only report what we’ve been given”

Illinois Department of Public Health officials addressed possible errors in reporting data from long-care facilities listed on the IDPH website during today’s COVID-19 press...

COVID-19: 283 cases, 1 new death announced in Kankakee County

Kankakee County Health Department officials announced four new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.  Among them included men and women ranging in...

Kankakee County just had its single deadliest week for COVID-19

Kankakee County just had its single deadliest week for COVID-19 related deaths. From April 12th to April 19th, eight people died from conditions brought on...

Bickford Executive VP addresses alleged error in reporting by IDPH officials

Alan Fairbanks, Executive Vice President of Operations for Bickford Senior Living, is addressing reports today from the Illinois Department of Public Health citing inconsistencies...

Bickford Bourbonnais COVID-19 count triples in 48 hours, Aperion Care now reporting

UPDATE 5 PM: IDPH addresses possible errors in data reporting. UPDATE 1 PM: An alleged error in reporting numbers by IDPH has been issued by...
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