Kankakee Community College, Olivet, area schools release statements on COVID-19
On Thursday, Olivet Nazarene University’s Emergency Management Team requested self-quarantine measures to students and staff that travel overseas during spring break to countries currently under the CDC Level 3 advisory.
Recharge Coffee Bar in Manteno follows Starbucks’ lead on COVID-19
Recharge Coffee Bar is the first local area coffee shop to institute a change in policy. The announcement came shortly after this morning’s announcement that a passenger on Amtrak 303 which makes stops in Dwight and Joliet tested positive for Coronavirus.
Dwight, Joliet on stop list for Amtrak 303, passenger tests positive for COVID-19
A woman who flew into Chicago from St. Louis via O’Hare International Airport has tested positive for Coronavirus after saying in Chicago with a friend before riding Amtrak 303 back home to St. Louis.
32nd Annual Model Railroad Show and Swap Meet this weekend in Lena
This weekend, three
gymnasiums in Illinois will transform into a locomotive attraction when the 32nd
Annual Model Railroad Show and Swap Meet kicks off in Lena,...
Illinois Spring Trout Fishing Season Opens April 4
An early opportunity at select trout sites – the Spring Catch-and-Release Fishing Season – will open March 21. No trout may be kept during the catch and release fishing period, but anglers can keep trout after the opening of the regular season beginning April 4.
USPS monitoring COVID-19 epidemic, CDC gives OK to packaged goods
“CDC states there is likely very low risk that the COVID-19 can be spread from products or packaging shipped from China, because of poor survivability of coronaviruses on surfaces. Also, according to the CDC, there currently is no evidence to support the transmission of coronavirus associated with imported goods; and there have been no reported cases of COVID-19 in the United States associated with imported goods.”
