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...

Opinion | Local Government officials are FAILING COVID-19 Open Meetings Test across Illinois

Why is this so damn confusing? On March 13th, Governor Pritzker made a change to the Illinois’ Open Meetings Act to put a halt to...

COVID-19: 33 now recovered, 220 cases total in Kankakee County

Kankakee County Health Department officials announced 7 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, with no new deaths.  That brings totals for the County to...

Online registration now required prior to COVID-19 Wal-Mart Joliet visit

New requirements have been made in order to receive testing at the Joliet Wal-Mart COVID-19 testing site.  Effective Tuesday, April 14th, visitors to the...

COVID-19: 10x more deadly than H1N1, says WHO

WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced during a virtual briefing today in Geneva WHO is constantly learning new things about COVID-19, including the fact...

COVID-19: Kankakee climbs above 200 over weekend, Momence reporting

Kankakee County Health Department officials announced 18 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend, including two new deaths.  That brings totals for the County...

Herscher announces COVID-19 case among staff

Herscher School Superintendant Dr. Richard Decman announced today a custodian within the CUSD No. 2 school district has tested positive for COVID-19. “As a result,...
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