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...

Manhattan Parks asks Police to patrol, enforce closures during COVID-19

Manhattan Park District announced this afternoon they’ve asked the Will County Police along with Manhattan Police Department to begin patrolling area parks to enforce...

2nd Death from COVID-19 reported in Kankakee

A second individual has died in Kankakee from COVID-19. The individual, a man in his 80s from Bourbonnais, died this morning. He had underlying health issues. ...

Amazon Monee worker tests for COVID-19

An Amazon warehouse worker at the facility in Monee, known as MDW7, has tested positive for COVID-19.    The worker was last at the warehouse on March 16th. Employees learned...

COVID-19 kills Kankakee woman, 1st County death

A woman in Kankakee has died from COVID-19. That news shared today by the Kankakee County Health Department as cases this morning at 9 am still...

Joliet Police Officer tests positive for COVID-19

That information was sent out by Joliet officials this morning. The Officer became symptomatic and was tested at the Wal-Mart Federal Joliet Testing Facility last week. Following the test, the Officer self-quarantined pending results that later came back positive.

‘Deeply disturbed’ Rep. Parkhurst requesting ‘urgent action’ on Shapiro incidents

State Representative Lindsay Parkhurst released a statement late last night regarding the ongoing developments at Shapiro Developmental Center. In the statement, Rep. Parkhurst says...
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