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...

IDPH: Kankakee’s Riverside Miller Center COVID-19 status ‘CLOSED’ after 88 cases, 22 deaths

Illinois Department of Public Health officials reported today after nearly three months of COVID-19 cases, Riverside Miller Center’s status is now listed as ‘CLOSED’....

Florida sets new record single day record with 11,458 COVID-19 cases

The State of Florida announced a new record shattering number of single day COVID-19 cases, announcing 11,458 new cases in the past 24 hours....

Now 7,000+ deaths, all 102 Counties now reported cases of COVID-19 in Illinois

Scott County was the remaining holdout of counties not reporting any cases of novel coronavirus in the state to date. That was until today,...

Kankakee County sees active cases rise by 28% in the last 7-days

BOURBONNAIS, IL — Kankakee County’s COVID-19 cases have increased by 112 over the past week, according to data provided by the Kankakee County Health...

McDonald’s will pause reopening restaurants with COVID-19 spikes across US

McDonald’s will pause dine-in reopening across the U.S. as cases rise in the pandemic. First reported by the Wall Street Journal, the announcement made in...

As hospitalizations increase, Indiana will pause at ‘4.5’ on reopening

Indiana was set to enter Stage 5 of their reopening plan on Friday.  That was until the state saw an increase in cases and...
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