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Champaign County Forest Preserve cancels May programming and several camps, awaits Gov. decision for golf

April 22, 2020 – In anticipation of an extension of Illinois’ stay-at-home order and restrictions on gatherings, the Champaign County Forest Preserve District has now canceled all on-site public programs through the end of May. This cancellation includes the highly popular, heavily attended Bird Migration Fest and Take Me Fishing […]

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Old treatment applied to new virus bringing hope to sickest COVID-19 patients

Urbana, Ill.— Carle Health and Community Blood Services of Illinois, are collaborating on an investigational treatment with a century-old approach to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients. First Community Blood Services of Illinois collects plasma from a recovered COVID-19 donor. Then, physicians use it to treat the sickest COVID-19 patients. Carle is the first […]

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Pritzker announces expanded student loan relief, SNAP benefits

By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Pritzker announced that people in Illinois who still owe money on private student loans can now qualify for temporary relief while the COVID-19 pandemic continues. He also announced families with school-age children who receive food assistance will qualify for additional benefits. Pritzker said […]

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Champaign-Urbana Public Health Briefing April 22, 2020

Champaign, Ill.— All daily media briefings are provided under the leadership of the Champaign County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). We are announcing two new cases today; Champaign County has a cumulative total of 98 cases. In addition, we are reporting one more death in Champaign County. This person was a […]

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IHSA cancels spring state tournaments, remains open to possibility of spring sport game this summer

The Illinois High School Association Board of Directors announced its decision to cancel all IHSA spring state tournaments Tuesday.  The decision to cancel the spring state tournaments comes in conjunction with Friday’s (April 17) announcement by Governor Pritzker and the Illinois State Board of Education that all Illinois high schools […]

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Champaign-Urbana Public Health Briefing April 21, 2020

Champaign, Ill.— All daily media briefings are provided under the leadership of the Champaign County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). We are announcing one new case today; Champaign County has a cumulative total of 96 cases. There have been a total of four COVID-related deaths. These numbers are accurate as of […]