By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — Events attended by more than 50 people are banned in Illinois as part of a statewide near-shutdown aimed at slowing the spread of novel coronavirus disease, or COVID-19, but there is no need to hoard toilet paper and like supplies. That […]
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URGENT: Champaign County Primary Polling Changes
The General Primary Election is still happening Tuesday, March 17, 2020. All early voting sites are also universal polling locations (which means regardless of where you live you can vote in these locations. https://champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/early-voting UPDATED: Polling Location Closings as of 3/16/20 Clark Lindsey-Urbana—voters will now go to St Matthew Lutheran Church, Urbana The […]
University of Illinois cancels face-to-face classes, encourage students who can to go elsewhere
The University of Illinois will suspend face-to-face instruction for the rest of the 2020 spring semester following the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public health officials to reduce the density of the population in their facilities and make the environment safer for those who […]
Oakwood Library Selfie Scavenger Hunt Information, free books on cart
The Oakwood Public Library is still having the selfie scavenger hunt. Here are the list of clues and you can also find the list posted on the library’s front door. Send your photos via Facebook messenger or email them to oakwoodpubliclibrary@gmail.com Start date is anytime.
Village of Homer offices to remain open for primary election
From Facebook March 16, 2020 Update from the Village of Homer on the COVID-19 As you are aware the nation is experiencing an epidemic of the COVID-19 virus and we would like to inform you of actions that the village is taking and resources that you might need. The village […]
Homer Community Library to close for two weeks
From Facebook March 16, 2020 The Homer Community Library will be open our regular hours today, 2-7pm, however it will be our last day of regular service until March 30, at which time we will re-evaluate the situation. This decision was made in order to slow down the spread of […]
Gibson Area Hospital and Health Services implements new restrictions to minimize the impact and spread of COVID-19
Effective immediately, through March 31, 2020, Gibson Area Hospital and Health Services has implemented new restrictions in order to minimize the impact and spread of COVID-19, also known as Coronavirus. These actions are being taken to ensure the safety and well-being of our patients, staff and our communities. Please do […]
Carle following CDC guidance for gatherings
Urbana, Ill.—Following Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) guidance, Carle is acting in accordance with best practice to cancel or postpone in-person gatherings of 50 or more people for the next eight weeks, or until April 10. If you are uncertain if an event or support group is continuing, […]
Looking for something to do? Try outdoors! (For right now, anyway)
Our team has been advised that at this time, it is okay for people to be in some outdoor spaces in SMALL (like stay with your family) groups. Should that change, we will update this list. People should not do the following items if they: · are […]
Parkland College extends spring break, begin online instruction March 30
Parkland College spring break has been extended by one week, with instruction resuming March 30. This allows faculty an additional week to reformat instruction for online delivery and for support services to transition to a remote format. All instructional delivery will be conducted online through Cobra Learning. There will be no […]
