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...

Nearly 6k cases, 99 dead in Illinois across 50+ Counties

Illinois announced 937 new COVID-19 cases at a press conference this afternoon, including an additional 26 deaths, bringing Illinois’ total to 99 dead among...

Contagion hospital set to reopen due to COVID-19 Pandemic

An Elgin Illinois hospital that served a major role in the 2011 film “Contagion” is set to reopen its doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. https://youtu.be/4sYSyuuLk5g Illinois officials...

United Center, Blackhawks Rink is eerie sight

As the United Center slowly becomes a station stop for a variety of emergency efforts across Chicagoland, we’re now getting our first shots of the inside...

1st Teen in Kankakee tests positive for COVID-19

That information came during the Kankakee County Health Departments’ 9am briefing when new numbers were released, including a adult male in his teens and a male in his 40s, bringing Kankakee’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 44. Ages of positive cases in Kankakee County now stretch from teens to 80s.

COVID-19 becomes the greatest tragedy since 9-11

COVID-19 has now claimed the lines of over 3,000 U.S. citizens. That number comes from John Hopkins University Tuesday morning surpassed the total of...

1 Dead at Statesville Correctional Facility, 12 hospitalized, 77 symptomatic

A sobering IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike addressed the media today to discuss incarcerated cases of COVID-19 as a threat grows greater than any...
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