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...

United Center to Serve as COVID-19 Logistics Hub

The United Center will serve as a logistic hub for food distribution across the area. The United Center made this announcement earlier this afternoon as it looks...

Deliberate COVID-19 spread can be charged as terrorism

Justice Department officials announced today anyone attempting to spread COVID-19 will be charged with acts of terrorism. The news comes as various groups...

Kankakee County COVID-19 count rises to 10

The County’s first case was just announced late last week. With additional testing sites like Midwest Express Clinic in Bourbonnais testing at-risk citizens as well as a Federal operating site at Wal-Mart in Joliet testing First Responders, that number is expected to still climb in the coming days.

Amazon Joliet employee tests positive for COVID-19.

An Amazon employee in Joliet has tested positive for COVID-19. That news comes today confirmed by Amazon in an email. The logistics company asked...

Positive COVID-19 results from NY Governor says ‘Social Distancing’ is working

“The evidence says it is slowing the hospitalization rate,” Governor Cuomo said this morning, “The current projections say the Apex could be in 21...

Wal-Mart COVID-19 Testing Site closes 5 minutes before opening

For the second day in a row, the Wal-Mart Joliet Federal testing site for First Responders and Healthcare workers has shut its doors before it had a chance to be open.
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