Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation were joined by local officials and community leaders Monday to announce the start of construction on a new Interstate 57/74 interchange located in Champaign County. The $216.8 million project will rebuild the original interchange built more than 50 years ago, improve […]
Gov. JB Pritzker signed two bills Friday that update the state’s sex education standards in K-12 schools. In Illinois, public schools aren’t required to offer sex education courses. Earlier in the year, State Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-Addison) proposed sex ed be mandated, and that curriculum should be aligned with culturally […]
The FDA has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, which will now be marketed as Comirnaty, for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization (EUA), including for individuals 12 through 15 years of age […]
As the 2021-22 school year inches closer, the Illinois State Board of Education came out Thursday saying school districts cannot bypass the in-school mask mandate that the Illinois Department of Public Health released on Aug. 4. State Superintendent Dr. Carmen Ayala wrote to Illinois superintendents just one day after ISBE […]
It’s time to march forward. That’s the approach the Heritage High School marching band is taking as they approach the 2021 competition season. “Instead of looking for a negative and thinking about lost ground, we’re actively talking about this year as a big reset,” band director Justin Lee said. “The […]
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced that all daycare, Pre-K through 12th grade students will be required to wear masks during school hours during a press conference on Wednesday. “This [mask] requirement extends to P-12 sports. Face coverings will be required for all indoor recreation, whereas outdoors, where transmission risks and […]
The Oakwood School Board has allocated $5,574,000 for an addition to Oakwood Grade School. The district sold $3 million in working cash bonds and will utilize ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) funds to cover the remaining costs. The addition will bring an additional 15,000 overall sq. ft. to […]
Heritage runners Zach Ruwe, Hunter Montgomery, Lukas Carey took first, second and third place, respectively at the 2021 Savannah Day 2.96 Memorial Run/Walk on Saturday. The event that takes place in Sidney celebrates the life of Savannah Day while raising money for an annual female athletes scholarship for a deserving student. Day […]
Beginning July 30, the University of Illinois will require all faculty, staff, students and visitors to wear a face-covering inside university facilities. The announcement comes just days after new CDC guidance that recommends face coverings for all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, in an attempt to curb the spread of […]
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) updated their mask guidance, recommending that all persons, even those who are fully vaccinated, wear masks indoors, especially where transmission rates are high, in order to curb the spread of the Delta variant. The Delta variant now accounts for 83-percent of all U.S. COVID_19 […]
