Articles filed under Health Crises
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Shorter season, playing in June concern spring coachesAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Like many spring coaches, St. Charles North's Todd Genke had mixed emotions last week when the Illinois High School Association unveiled its plan for the 2020-21 school ...
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Mendoza says state must have financial relief from federal governmentAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is adding her voice to those warning that the state will face dire consequences if the federal government does not appr...
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Progress slow on virus relief bill as negotiations continueAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Negotiators on a huge coronavirus relief bill reported slight progress after talks resumed in the Capitol, with issues like food for the poor and aid to sch...
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District 220 explains remote learning decision to concerned parentsAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Barrington Area Unit District 220 Superintendent Brian Harris went into great detail about why distance learning will be used to start the 2020-21 school year, but paren...
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Illinois has 1,471 new COVID-19 cases; Pritzker warns about campus parties after SIU outbreakAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - The state reported 1,471 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday and 19 new deaths as Gov. J.B. Pritzker warned college students to curtail parties after a localized surge in cases r...
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Illinois' largest teachers union sets up its own panel to judge school reopening safetyAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - The state's largest teachers union is creating a medical review panel it says will judge whether individual school districts' reopening plans are safe. The 135,000-membe...
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Why Indian Prairie District 204 scrapped reopening plansAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Indian Prairie Unit District 204 officials are standing by their decision to keep schools closed and start the new year online, citing numerous factors that led the Auro...
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Aug. 4 COVID-19 cases per county; search by ZIP codeAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Interactive map Suburbs' portion Since the outbreak began, there have been 90,567 cases in the suburbs as of Tuesday. That's 49% of the state's total, ac...
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2 test positive for COVID-19 at Kane County juvenile centerAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - A detainee and a staff member at the Kane County Juvenile Justice Center have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Tuesday. A deep clean at the facility is under...
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Lincolnshire-Prairie View District 103 classes to start remotelyAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - In a change of back-to-school plans, all Lincolnshire-Prairie View Elementary District 103 students will start the new school year with remote learning because of the CO...