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Illinois Primary Election will still be held March 17

The General Primary Election is still happening Tuesday, March 17, 2020.  Early voting goes until Monday, March 16, 2020. This link has early voting info and times https://champaigncountyclerk.com/elections/early-voting  UPDATED: Polling Location Closings as of 3/15/20   Clark Lindsey-Urbana—voters will now go to St Matthew Lutheran Church, Urbana  The Glenwood-Mahomet—voters will now go to Elk’s […]

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Illinois State Parks closed until further notice

All state parks across the state of Illinois are closed until further notice. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources made the announcement on their Facebook page on Sunday. Here’s the full post by IDNR: “Effective immediately, all IDNR-owned properties are closed to the public to help stem the spread of […]

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Schnucks to reduce hours temporarily

Beginning March 15, Schnucks stores that are normally open 24 hours will now close at midnight, while all other stores will now close at 10pm. In a press release, Schnuck’s stated that they “are continuing to see an increase in customers and this temporary reduction in hours will allow us […]

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Oakwood Public Library closes March 16

Due to the rapidly changing updates on the Coronavirus the Oakwood Public Library has decided to be closed Monday March 16 and reopen Tuesday March 31. If you have books or movies checked out, don’t worry about fines as we are now fine free. They will also have the WiFi […]

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Heritage Schools to figure out what’s next

From Heritage School District Facebook post at 10:45 a.m. March 15: K-8 Principal Mrs. Sanders, HS Principal Mr. White, Superintendent Mr. Davis are scheduled to meet this afternoon to assess guidance coming in from Illinois State Board of Education for the coming shut down. A Food Plan for Free/Reduced students […]

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COVID-19 SATURDAY UPDATE: Pritzker to Illinoisans: Stay home this weekend

By REBECCA ANZEL Capitol News Illinois ranzel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — The first novel coronavirus cases have been confirmed in central and southern Illinois, spanning eight counties, state officials said Saturday. Gov. JB Pritzker’s message to residents, as the state’s positive COVID-19 count reached 64, was clear at a news briefing in […]