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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Tolono Fun Day moved to fall 2020

The Tolono Fun Day Committee has announced that the 2020 event will be pushed back until the fall, possibly the first weekend in October. The fall festival may look a little different, but the committee stated in a Facebook post that they hope to have a Movie Friday on Oct. […]