GIBSON CITY — Jeremy Darnell, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley superintendent, offered a written synopsis of the state of the school district’s return-to-learn plan during Monday’s school board meeting. “We’re very proud of where we are and what we’ve been able to accomplish,” Darnell said. The GCMS school district has had eight total positive cases of COVID-19. That includes five students and three […]
Illinois has conducted five million COVID-19 tests
From Illinois State Representative Tom Bennett: The Illinois Department of Public Health announced last week that it had passed the 5 million mark in the number of COVID-19 tests conducted in the state. Last week the department was reporting conducting more than 40,000 tests per day, and even hit a total of 69,000 tests on Friday. This is great progress […]
COVID-19 Update: Pritzker staffer tests positive; Region 1 sees another positivity rate increase
Governor self-isolating for 14 days, northwest Illinois one day from added mitigations By JERRY NOWICKICapitol News Illinoisjnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – A staffer who recently traveled with Gov. JB Pritzker has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the governor and others to self-isolate for a period of two weeks, his office announced Tuesday. The unnamed staffer tested negative last Wednesday during weekly testing, […]
