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SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker said Monday that three of the state’s four regions are on pace to enter the next phase of reopening the state’s economy by the end of May, but he pushed back against suggestions that the state should begin to reopen earlier. “If we were to lift all of our mitigations entirely at the end of the month, modeling shows that there would be a new surge of COVID-19 and a higher R-naught in each of the four regions, even in the least hard-hit regions of our state,” Pritzker said during his daily COVID-1...
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to increase its COVID-19 testing capacity, setting a one-day record on Friday with more than 20,000 tests completed in state during the previous 24 hours. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported on Friday that 20,671 tests for COVID-19 were completed the previous day, bringing the state’s total to 399,741, which is about 3 percent of Illinois’ population. “Illinois has made important and measurable progress in growing our daily test numbers, today for the first time exceedi...
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday the Illinois Department of Employment Security is paying benefits to unemployed Illinoisans “in a timely manner” after a number of improvements were made to the oft-maligned process. Three-quarters of people filing claims received their first benefits within two weeks of applying, he added. Personnel worked daily to “expand our systems and capacity” in order to address concerns from residents who could not access the online forms or reach a call center representative, the gover...
SPRINGFIELD – As statewide COVID-19 hospitalizations remain stable, state leaders say not much has changed to warrant an altered response to the pandemic. “The virus hasn’t gone away. It is still out there, and nothing that we’re doing now is changing that fact,” Gov. JB Pritzker said during his daily COVID-19 briefing Wednesday in Chicago. “What we have changed, what has made things better, what has reduced the number of potential infections and the number of people going into the hospital and dying, is the fact that people...
A total of 126 Hinsdale residents have confirmed cases of COVID-19. The DuPage County Health Department reported 117 confirmed cases and the Cook County Health Department reported nine confirmed cases in Hinsdale as of May 5. A week ago Hinsdale had 65 confirmed cases, with 2,739 confirmed cases across DuPage County, including 138 deaths. Ninety-seven of Hinsdale’s cases and six of the deaths are associated with ManorCare, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. The worst outbreak at a long-term care f...
The District 86 Parent-Teacher Advisory Committee is seeking students, staff and parents/guardians of children rising to grades six through 12 next year who are interested in serving on the committee. The group’s charge is directed by board policy and the Illinois School Code and has been focused on issues such as student conduct and behavior, reciprocal reporting agreements between the district and local law enforcement, school bus safety and student health (e.g. administration of medication in schools). The district plans t...
ROTARY PRESENTS YOUTH AWARDS Eight eighth-graders who attend Hinsdale Middle School, Clarendon Hills Middle School and Notre Dame Parish and two seniors from Hinsdale Central High School received the Rotary Club of Hinsdale’s Youth Merit Award April 17. This award recognizes extraordinary high school and middle school students for services to their community and classmates, leadership qualities and academic achievements. The following students earned the award this month. Brynn Bauer, HMS Kevin Coan, HMS William Gaffney, C...
Downers Grove Township seniors age 60 and older are eligible to receive a five-count pack of frozen meals. The DuPage County portion of Hinsdale lies within the township. Packs will be distributed from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, May 14, at the township building, 4340 Prince St., Downers Grove. Registration is required, and the deadline to register is noon Monday, May 11. To register, send an email to [email protected] or [email protected] or call the township offices at (630) 719-6670. If no one answers,...
Local young people are leading the way during the pandemic in responding to the community's need for personal protective equipment, including these teens answering the call. Let's Make Corona OVR! That's the new motto of the OVRwear custom T-shirt company, an enterprise launched last year by four Hinsdale Central freshmen and friends, who shifted their resources last month into making cloth masks for those in need. Several of them have parents in the medical field, according...
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported the state’s highest one-day total of COVID-19 tests with 19,417 completed in the past 24 hours. For more than a week, the state has met its long-stated goal of 10,000 daily tests, a trend Gov. JB Pritzker has said is key to incrementally lifting the stay-at-home order and other social and economic restrictions. Since the outbreak began, 319,313 tests have been completed. IDPH also reported 2,994 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and 63 new deaths, bringin...
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ COVID-19 confirmed case count grew by nearly 2,500 again Saturday as a sustained increase in testing continues to drive the number upward. “It really is a function of doing more testing,” Gov. JB Pritzker said of the increased positive case count at his daily briefing on the virus Saturday. There are now 58,505 confirmed cases in Illinois in 97 counties, including 2,559 deaths. But the state reported another 15,208 test results, meaning about 16 percent of those resulted in positive cases. That nu...
SPRINGFIELD — The state of Illinois is about to hire hundreds of people to embark on a massive contact-tracing project to identify people who might have been exposed to COVID-19. That effort, Gov. JB Pritzker said, will help Illinois move away from a stay-at-home order that was being protested Friday by rally-goers outside the Capitol in Springfield. Meanwhile, the state also announced the highest daily total of new COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began. Pritzker said during his daily news briefing in Chicago that c...
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois officials on Thursday said increased COVID-19 testing is “vital” to reopening the state’s economy, lifting social restrictions and protecting Illinois residents. Laboratory personnel processed more than 10,000 tests per day for the past week, exceeding Gov. JB Pritzker’s long-stated goal in order to provide a clear picture of the novel coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the state. Beginning Friday, the governor’s new executive order will ease a number of restrictions put in place over the past two months....
Hinsdale High School District 86 Board Among other action April 23, board members: • listened to an update on cybersecurity from Keith Bockwoldt, chief information officer. He outlined steps the district has taken to improve security, including awareness training, the use of new storage infrastructure that is resistant to ransomware and regular password changes. The next steps for the district will be implementing a next-generation firewall, reviewing email security solutions and requiring two-factor authentication. ...
SPRINGFIELD — The state of Illinois is sending out teams of nurses and ramping up testing for COVID-19 at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities as it continues efforts to control the spread of the virus. Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday during his daily briefing in Chicago that the Illinois Department of Public Health is deploying 10 teams of 50 nurses each to long-term care facilities around the state, and it will deploy another team of 200 nurses in the coming days. Pritzker said the nurses’ primary functions wil...
Birthday bash - Family and friends gathered April 5 to celebrate Gerrie "Gucci" Picchietti's 90th birthday. As she and her husband, Jack, sat in their Graue Mill driveway, many of her neighbors gathered to sing "Happy Birthday" and family members paraded past in decorated cars. Please turn to Page 16 for more pictures. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
Gerrie Picchietti celebrated her 90th birthday with a parade and neighborhood "party" in front of her home in Graue Mill. And while the wind prevented the lighting of the candles on her cake, it didn't stop the crowd from singing a rousing "Happy Birthday." Her niece, Karen Gron, with husband Henry and daughter Molly in the back seat, was part of the parade as was granddaughter Christine Picchietti. (Jim Slonoff photos)...
HOSPITAL GRATEFUL FOR SUPPORT Hinsdale Hospital Foundation has received several major donations from the community to support staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is clear, when there is a time of crisis, the residents, companies and community organizations, show their true values of generosity and faith,” said Mike Murrill, president and CEO of AMITA Health Hinsdale and La Grange. The Hinsdale Junior Woman’s Club donated $19,200, the Hinsdale Assembly Board donated $15,000 and the Hinsdale Rotary donated $7,500 to help...
Dr. Herb Zerth is fortunate he's not working under the same conditions as his colleagues back East. "I feel for the providers in New York who are just completely overwhelmed," said Zerth, medical director of the emergency department at Amita Hinsdale Hospital. The staff in the Hinsdale ER is healthy, and they have access to the personal protective equipment they need, he said. With the stay-at-home order in place, the 26-bed department has not been overwhelmed with its usual...
A total of 65 Hinsdale residents have confirmed cases of COVID-19. The DuPage County Health Department reported 56 confirmed cases and the Cook County Health Department reported nine confirmed cases in Hinsdale as of April 28. DuPage County has a total of 2,739 confirmed cases, including 138 deaths, according to the health department’s website. A week ago Hinsdale had 33 confirmed cases, with 1,861 confirmed cases across the county, including 99 deaths. The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 17 cases and one d...
Community Consolidated Elementary Dist. 181 Board 7 p.m. Monday, May 4 https//:www.d181.org Hinsdale Historic Preservation Commission 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 6 https://www.villageofhinsdale.org Hinsdale Village Board 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 5 https://www.villageofhinsdale.org...
After a bit of delay due to COVID-19 hurdles, consideration of moratorium on demolitions of historic homes in Hinsdale is moving ahead. The village's plan commission is slated to schedule a public hearing on the matter at its meeting Thursday, May 13, with the hearing expected to be held at the group's June 10 meeting. The proposed six-month ban on demolition permits applies to homes within the Robbins Park Historic District and Central Business District properties as well as...
House calls - Taking a break from their Nazareth Academy online classes, Caroline Kelly's (far right) friends, Emma Francis and Diana Anos, set up social distancing space in front of Caroline's house to catch up. If you have a photo showing how you or your friends or neighbors are coping these days, email it to Jim Slonoff at [email protected]....
Luke Murray waits for his brother, Camden, to get a head start before he joins him on a quick bike ride around the block while taking a break from their studies. The landscape looked a lot different late last month when this photo was taken. And with rain predicted to continue today, our April showers will no doubt bring May flowers tomorrow. (Jim Slonoff photo)...
It’s official. The new pool at Hinsdale Central High School will be named The Don Watson Aquatics Center following a unanimous vote April 23 by the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board. Watson coached the Central varsity boys swim team to 12 consecutive titles and developed 167 high school All-Americans and four Olympic swimmers from 1965-78. He passed away at age 87 in November 2017. The request received the endorsement of the policy committee. Kathleen Hirsman, committee chair, said her group spent significant time discus...
