Articles filed under Coronavirus
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Kane County to deliver $2 million in relief funds to nonprofitsFeb 08, 2022 10:00 pm - A portion of Kane County's share of COVID-19 federal relief funds will soon be in the hands of local charitable organizations. The Kane County Board unanimously approved...
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What legal experts are saying about the school mask rulingFeb 08, 2022 4:30 am - Many legal experts had just as many questions as parents and school officials after a Sangamon County judge issued a temporary restraining order late Friday that some be...
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Some parents rally against District 300's continued mask requirementFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - Days after a judge ruled to lift a statewide mask mandate in Illinois schools, parents rallied outside the district offices of Community Unit District 300 in Algonquin i...
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District 64 to stick with mask mandate despite opposition on board and from publicFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - After hours of comments from audience members and board debate, the Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 board on Monday night rejected a move to make protective masks op...
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'This is a call to action': Angry parents, students vent at District 203 leaders over mask mandateFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - Angry parents and students filled the Naperville Unit District 203 school board meeting room Monday night to protest the decision by officials to keep a school mask mand...
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Kane County releases $4 million in COVID money to address mental health crisisFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - Four months after Kane County's mental health service providers asked for emergency help in addressing COVID-19-fueled crisis levels in suicide and drug overdoses, count...
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State poised to relax indoor masking rules, but maybe not so fast with schools, Pritzker saysFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - Illinoisans should expect easing in COVID-19 rules regarding masking indoors soon, but it's unclear if that will affect schools, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Tuesday. An ann...
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Buffalo Grove going back to in-person meetings, reopening village facilitiesFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - With COVID-19 positivity rates falling, Buffalo Grove is returning to in-person village board meetings and reopening village facilities, officials announced Monday. Evan...
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Palatine police arrest Fremd student accused of threatening classmate in mask disputeFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - Palatine police confirmed Tuesday that a juvenile student at Fremd High School was arrested and will face charges after reportedly threatening a classmate with a knife d...
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Teachers unions urge schools to maintain agreed-upon mask requirementsFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - After a chaotic return to school Monday in the wake of a downstate judge's ruling late last week that seemingly overturned the state's classroom masking requirement, the...