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...

336 quarantine at Indiana Wesleyan after NAIA Season tipped off in Bourbonnais

BOURBONNAIS – Olivet Nazarene University announced it would begin the NAIA Basketball season on October 27th against Indiana Wesleyan University in Bourbonnais. Olivet lost...

IHSA invites state agencies to meeting after nearly 300 schools nix Basketball activities

KANKAKEE – The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) has invited representatives from the Governor’s office and multiple state agencies after hundreds of schools reported...

Kankakee County COVID-19 active cases up nearly 600% this month

KANKAKEE – Three new deaths have been reported from COVID-19 in Kankakee, marking the most single-day deaths announced in the County. To date,...

Contact Tracing shows sites for Exposure vs. Outbreak so far Kankakee-Will Region 7

BOURBONNAIS — Data released November 6th from the Illinois Department of Public Health showcases key exposure and outbreak data released after contact tracing efforts...

State seeks vendor for COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan

By Greg Bishop | The Center Square (The Center Square) – The state of Illinois is requesting proposals from the private sector to help in the...

Pfizer study shows its COVID vaccine is more than 90% effective

By Dan McCaleb | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Pfizer said Monday that the COVID-19 vaccine it is developing with BioNTech SE proved to...
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