Category Archives: News
McLean County COVID-19 Update 5-12-20
Today's McLean Co COVID-19 update includes six additional cases. Six females: one in her 60s, one in her 40s, two in their 30s, and two in their 20s for a total of 127 cases with 93 recoveries and 3 d...
May 12, 2020
REPORT: Several Central Illinois Businesses File New Suits Against Gov. Pritzker
Businesses across central Illinois are fighting re-opening by suing Governor JB Pritzker over an extension of his stay-at-home order. According to the lawsuits, all of which are similar in their compl...
May 12, 2020 David Lofink / CC
Bloomington Mayor Renner Among Mayors Looking to Reopen Early
Mayor Tari Renner is among area political leaders asking Gov. J. B. Pritzker to create a smaller "Heart of Illinois" subregion that could allow 11 counties, including McLean and Peoria, to open sooner...
May 12, 2020
Illinois Receives COVID-19 Drug
The state of Illinois is distributing its first shipment of a drug that may decrease the recovery time for COVID-19 patients. Illinois received 140 cases of the clinical trial drug Remdesivir on Satur...
May 12, 2020
Gov. Pritzker Releases Updated Statewide Model, Regional Metrics for Restore Illinois Health Regions
As top researchers from Illinois' higher education institutions continue to build out and improve the state's coronavirus model with real-time data, Governor JB Pritzker released an updated statewide ...
May 11, 2020
COVID-19 Drive-InTesting Site in Bloomington to Close Thursday, No Reason Given
You have a couple more days to get to the drive-in COVID-19 testing site, after Thursday the site in Bloomington will close. That is what is posted on the McLean County Emergency Management Facebook p...
May 11, 2020
McLean Co. COVID-19 Update 5-11-20: 121 Cases, 5 From a Reported Outbreak at the Bloomington Rehabilitation and Health Care Center
The McLean County Health Department (MCHD) reported no additional cases of COVID-19 in McLean County on Monday leaving the total of cases at 121. Of the 121 cases, 5 are from a reported outbreak at th...
May 11, 2020
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Lashes Out At Northwest Side Church For Holding In-Person Services
Mayor Lightfoot is criticizing a church on Chicago's Northwest Side for holding in-person services. Metro Praise International Church opened its doors yesterday in what church leaders call passive res...
May 11, 2020
Illinois To Implement Contact Tracing Program
Illinois is planning to introduce a contact tracing program. On CNN's State of the Union, Governor J.B. Pritzker said yesterday that he thinks the program could be up and running in the "next few week...
May 11, 2020
Governor Pritzker And Chicago Staff Working From Home After Staffer Tests Positive
Governor Pritzker and his Chicago staff will be working from home after a senior staffer tested positive for COVID-19. The governor was tested yesterday, and the results were negative. The rest of Pri...
May 11, 2020
