State budget among top items to be considered By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers will return to Springfield next week for the first time in more than two months to take up a state budget and other critical matters while following strict social distancing and […]
As the 2020 school year comes to an end, high schools are already preparing for a summer session that will look different from in-person school and the remote learning that students recently became accustomed to. After receiving guidance from the Illinois State Board of Education and the phase standards administered […]
Champaign, Ill.— All daily media briefings are provided under the leadership of the Champaign County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). We are announcing 14 new cases today; Champaign County has a cumulative total of 322 cases. There have been a total of seven COVID-related deaths. These numbers are accurate as of […]
Worldwide cases of COVID-19 topped 4 million this week, concern is mounting as very small clusters of children have shown adverse responses to fighting off COVID-19. As many as 93 children have presented in New York with a new pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome, likely linked to COVID-19 — and five […]
The Vermilion County Fair and Expo board released a statement Tuesday, cancelling the 2020 Vermilion County Fair, which was scheduled for June 24 to 28. “With the state’s plan to reopen, it wouldn’t allow for us to open,” the board’s President Rick White said. “Our number one priority is keeping […]
Champaign, Ill.— All daily media briefings are provided under the leadership of the Champaign County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). We are announcing 10 new cases today; Champaign County has a cumulative total of 308 cases. In addition, we are reporting one more death in Champaign County. This person was a […]
New modeling data shows that the State of Illinois’ COVID-19 cases won’t peak until mid-June, according to Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The updated model, developed by the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Northwestern University’s School of Medicine, University of Chicago, is the result of adding two-and-a-half weeks of data. “The essence […]
Champaign, Ill.— All daily media briefings are provided under the leadership of the Champaign County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). We are announcing 32 new cases today; Champaign County has a cumulative total of 298 cases. There have been a total of six COVID-related deaths. These numbers are accurate as of […]
Heritage High School Principal Cory White was looking forward to celebrating with the Class of 2020 as they received their diplomas. “The Class of 2020 will always be special to me as they will be the first graduating class since becoming principal of Heritage High School,” White said. “I was […]
A virtual graduation ceremony is not what school districts throughout the United States want to do for the Class of 2020, but all have surrendered to the fact that it will be the only way to celebrate graduates. “We want them to honor them as they should be, like the […]
