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 total of 89 cases. There have been two COVID-related deaths. These numbers are accurate as of the release time. For […]
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St. Joseph-Ogden Senior Spotlight: Eric Poe, Mimi Allen, Dyllan Price and Nolan Peacock
Eric Poe Track and Field (4 years), Cross Country (2 years), Football (2 years), Spanish Club, Spanish Club Leader, NHS, We The People, Advisory Mentoring Program Eric lives in St. Joseph with his mom and dad. He has one older brother. His hobbies are hanging out with friends and family, running, and anything related […]
House Republicans call for beefing up state’s unemployment system
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Illinois House Republicans on Monday called on Gov. JB Pritzker to do more to handle the unprecedented volume of new claims for unemployment benefits coming into the Illinois Department of Employment Security, even if that means reassigning workers there from other […]
Champaign-Urbana Public Health Briefing April 13, 2020
Champaign, Ill.— All daily media briefings are provided under the leadership of the Champaign County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). We are announcing no new cases today; Champaign County has a total of 85 cases. There have been two COVID-related deaths. These numbers are accurate as of the release time. For […]
Champaign-Urbana Public Health Briefing April 12, 2020
Champaign, Ill.— All daily media briefings are provided under the leadership of the Champaign County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). We are announcing no new cases today; Champaign County has a total of 85 cases. There have been two COVID-related deaths. These numbers are accurate as of the release time. For […]
Champaign-Urbana Public Health Briefing April 11, 2020
Champaign, Ill.— All daily media briefings are provided under the leadership of the Champaign County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The number of persons diagnosed with COVID-19 in Illinois continues to rise. We are announcing three new cases for a total of 85 cases in Champaign County as of today. There […]
Champaign-Urbana Public Health Briefing April 10, 2020
Champaign, Ill.— All daily media briefings are provided under the leadership of the Champaign County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). The number of persons diagnosed with COVID-19 in Illinois continues to rise. We are announcing eight new cases for a total of 82 cases in Champaign County as of today. There […]
Another 200,000 Illinoisans file for unemployment claims
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – More than half a million Illinois workers have filed first-time unemployment claims in the four weeks since the COVID-19 outbreak first hit the labor market. Economists at the University of Illinois are now forecasting a major economic downturn that could last […]
COVID-19 rules unlikely to ease by April’s end
By REBECCA ANZEL Capitol News Illinois ranzel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — Gov. JB Pritzker said Thursday, one month since he issued a state of emergency, it is “unlikely” his stay-at-home order can be lifted safely before April 30 and organizers of large summer events “need to think seriously” about canceling them. The […]
St. Joseph-Ogden Senior Spotlight: Blake Primmer, Jackson Wooten, Isaac Walden and Nick Bensyl
Blake Primmer Football (4 years), Baseball (4 years), Basketball (1 year), Maroon Platoon Blake lives in St. Joseph with his mom and dad. He has one younger brother, Ramsey. His hobbies are playing video games, hanging out with friends and family, and weightlifting. His greatest memories at SJO include the first […]
