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K-12 schools will remain closed and a stay-at-home order for Illinoisans will remain in place through April 30, as Gov. JB Pritzker announced during his daily COVID-19 briefing Tuesday that he plans on extending those orders on Wednesday. Pritzker’s office said businesses permitted to operate in his previous stay-at-home executive order issued March 20 — such as grocery stores, gas stations, pharmacies and other businesses providing services deemed essential in the order — may remain open. “If we can end these orders earlier...
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 461 new cases of COVID-19 and eight new deaths in the state Monday as an outbreak worsened at Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill. IDPH said one of the deceased was an inmate at Stateville, and 12 other inmates from the facility are now hospitalized with several requiring ventilators. IDPH said 77 others imprisoned at the facility have symptoms and are in isolation, and 11 prison staff members are isolated as well. “The Illinois Department of Cor...
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois officials on Sunday announced the largest one-day jump in confirmed novel coronavirus cases and deaths in the state yet. But public and private labs’ per-day testing ability is also higher than it has ever been. The Department of Public Health identified 1,105 new cases and 18 deaths, putting the state totals at 4,596 cases in 47 counties and 65 related deaths. Gov. JB Pritzker said “we have weeks to go” before Illinois reaches a peak in new COVID-19 cases, expected “sometime in April.” One of his prio...
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Saturday it has confirmed 13 new deaths from the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, including an infant in Cook County who had tested positive. IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said during a daily media briefing in Chicago with Gov. JB Pritzker that a full investigation is under way to determine the cause of death. If COVID-19 is confirmed to be the cause, it would mark the first infant death from the disease in Illinois. Ezike said it is rare for an infant to die of the...
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker announced new measures benefiting the homeless and people on supplemental nutrition programs Friday and continued to pressure the federal government for further, centralized action in response to COVID-19. At the same daily briefing in Chicago, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike announced 488 new confirmed cases of the virus and eight more related deaths in Illinois. Pritzker said the state is also working on collecting numbers of hospitalizations caused by C...
Gov. JB Pritzker announced a number of financial initiatives Wednesday to assist owners of bars, restaurants, hotels and other small businesses during the economic slowdown caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic. By Friday, he said, owners of businesses with fewer than 50 employees and less than $3 million in 2019 revenue can qualify for a piece of $90 million in state emergency assistance through three new programs. Pritzker additionally is pushing Illinois’ tax filing deadline from April 15 to July 15 to match the f...
SPRINGFIELD – New federal and charitable funding will soon be available to Illinoisans affected by the COVID-19 pandemic as the state on Thursday saw its largest one-day spike of new cases and deaths during the pandemic. President Donald Trump approved Illinois’ disaster declaration on Thursday, allowing the state to access emergency funding to expand health care services like increasing hospital and housing capacity and expanding telehealth services. In his 18th consecutive daily briefing on the pandemic, Gov. JB Pri...
Misha is a sweet and lovable 4-year-old female bird dog mix who is in need of a new home. The Tuthill Family Hinsdale Humane Society Pet Rescue & Resource Center at 21 Salt Creek Lane in Hinsdale has temporary adoption appointment hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Call (630) 323-5630 to make an appointment or visit https://www.hinsdalehumanesociety.org. (photo provided)...
