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Skip to main content Early voting for the February 23 Consolidated Primary Election will take place Monday, February 8 through Monday, February 22, 2021. Local Primary Election races include Mayor, City Clerk, 8th Ward Alderman and 4th Ward Alderman. Early Voting From February 8 through 22, community members can cast their ballots Monday through Friday,
READ MORESPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois Public Health Director Ngozi Ezike virtually testified before a congressional committee Tuesday morning. She spent time highlighting ways the federal government could help states get more people vaccinated. Dr. Ezike and officials from several other states told lawmakers major issues have been lack of vaccines and poor communication from Washington. Members
READ MORESkip to main content McHenry County officials and the McHenry County Department of Health will hold a virtual town hall meeting for citizens to get their questions answered about the county’s rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. The town hall meeting, which will feature County Board Chairman Mike Buehler, Public Health Administrator Melissa Adamson, Director of
READ MOREWalgreens pharmacies in Illinois will soon receive an additional 39,300 doses of COVID-19 vaccines each week through a federal program announced Tuesday. Those doses will go primarily to stores near “socially vulnerable and medically underserved areas” based on recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Walgreens spokeswoman Emily Hartwig-Mekstan said in an email.
READ MOREFunds for state and local governments remain a sticking point in COVID relief talks FOX Illinois
READ MOREIn a flurry of first-week executive orders, President Biden sent a definitive message that his administration would move faster on climate change than any before. Now, the question is whether it will be fast enough. Scientists warn that the coming decade will be critical for slowing heat-trapping emissions, potentially keeping average annual global temperatures from
READ MORESPRINGFIELD — On Tuesday, suburban Cook County moved into more relaxed COVID-19 restrictions, leaving only three of the state’s 11 COVID-19 mitigation regions still under Tier 1 and Tier 2 restrictions. Regions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10 and 11 have all entered Phase 4, meaning indoor dining and competitive high school sports can
READ MOREVictoria Aquin saw the headlines, as did her elderly mother, a resident of Riverside for 62 years. On Jan. 25 at noon, Illinois had entered Phase 1B of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and some 600,000 people in suburban Cook County could begin making appointments to receive the precious shots – the way back to normal
READ MOREEAST PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois police officer fatally shot a 19-year-old man suspected in a domestic violence incident early Tuesday after he stabbed and wounded the officer during a traffic stop, police said. East Peoria police had responded to a domestic violence call in the central Illinois city, but the suspect left the
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