Champaign County is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases. Over the last two days, 101 new cases were added to the 1,413 total cases. On Tuesday 55 new cases were reported and Wednesday morning 46 new COVID-19 cases were reported. There are currently 212 active cases. District 6 of the […]
The IHSA has announced the boys/girls golf, girls tennis, boys/girls cross country and girls swimming and diving can continue for the fall 2020 season while football, volleyball and boys soccer have been moved to the spring. “This plan, like nearly every aspect of our current lives, remains fluid,” said IHSA […]
The Illinois Department of Public Health issued new sport guidance Wednesday afternoon. “Whether they’re new to the game, or have been training since they could walk, kids want to play sports,” Gov. JB Pritzker said. “Parents want to cheer from the stands and watch the kids succeed and offer some […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Jesse Remington spent most of the last three summers pitching in an Independent League in California, hoping to catch the attention of a major league affiliate. His plan to return to the West Coast in 2020 was thwarted by the coronavirus pandemic, which shut down the […]
The IESA Board of Directors voted unanimously Thursday to cancel the regular season and IESA state series in the sports of boys and girls golf, boys baseball, girls softball, and boys and girls cross-country for the 2020-21 school year. “We know that there will be many people within the school […]
The unpredictability of summer 2020 has left nothing untouched. Even pastimes, such as childhood sports, have been canceled or modified to curb the spread of COVID-19. In the last two months, high school coaches, athletes and athletic directors in Illinois have taken what they can get. They have spent time […]
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security said Wednesday it has been affected by a nationwide fraud scheme involving the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program. That program, enacted as part of the federal CARES Act, provides 100 percent federally funded jobless benefits […]
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — The state’s rolling COVID-19 positivity rate ticked upward Wednesday for the third straight day as the Illinois Department of Public Health announced its largest one-day confirmed case count since June 2. The 1,598 new cases reported were among 39,633 test results […]
By FRED KRONER fred@mahometnews.com Two weeks ago, the Eastern Illinois Baseball’s abbreviated regular season opened up. This week, the regular season in the 85-year-old league concludes. The Royal Giants are alone atop the standings after two weeks of doubleheaders. Unbeaten Royal swept El Paso 9-1 and 10-0 on Monday in […]
A local public health department holds the same role in a pandemic as it does during an infectious outbreak: to educate the public and mitigate the spread of communicable infections. The difference, though, is that when the world is in a pandemic, the public health department’s work and role is […]
