Articles filed under Coronavirus
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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...
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Libertyville District 70 goes mask-optional, but other Lake County districts keep mandateFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - As of Tuesday morning, masks were optional for students, staff members and visitors at Libertyville Elementary District 70 schools and offices. But most Lake County scho...
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'Shame on you': District 204 meeting ends early after parents, students protest mask mandateFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - Showered with jeers from a crowd of parents and students angry about Indian Prairie Unit District 204 maintaining an indoor mask requirement in the face of last week's c...
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No bullying vs. 'ugliness in the hallways': What suburban kids are seeing after mask rulingFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - Pigtailed 7-year-old Jaelyn Lozano was still wearing her space-themed mask Monday as she joined a stream of kids running out of Lions Park Elementary in Mount Prospect a...
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How treating long-haul COVID-19 is affecting health care resourcesFeb 07, 2022 4:30 am - Despite a constant, high-pitched ringing in her ears and the inability to enjoy most of her favorite foods anymore, Carina Graham knows her COVID-19 infection could have...
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Palatine police called to Fremd after student confrontation over masksFeb 07, 2022 12:00 am - Palatine police were called to Fremd High School Monday morning following a confrontation between students in a classroom regarding the wearing of masks in the building....