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Public Health Officials Announce 8,828 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease
For Immediate Release - December 17, 2020 Public Health Officials Announce 8,828 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 8,828 new...
Dec 17, 2020
Innovation contest at IDOT: Saving money, improving safety
For Immediate Release - December 17, 2020 Innovation contest at IDOT: Saving money, improving safety SPRINGFIELD - An idea to help conserve deicing materials and a tool that assists engineers and desi...
Dec 17, 2020
SBL Receives First COVID-19 Vaccine Allotment
For Immediate Release - December 16, 2020 SBL Receives First COVID-19 Vaccine Allotment The first allotment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine was delivered to Sarah Bush Lincoln Wednesday afternoon and e...
Dec 17, 2020 Pictured is Infection Preventionist Lynn Berner, RN, administering the COVID-19 vaccine to Hospitalist Arli Bumatayo, MD. Photo submitted by Sarah Bush Lincoln.
Fatal Accident on I-70 in Vigo County
A Marshall, Illinois, man was killed after a crash on I-70 in Vigo County yesterday morning, Wednesday, December 16, 2020. According to the Indiana State Police, 23-year-old Tanner Carpenter was drivi...
Dec 17, 2020
Illinois Museum Offers Virtual Visits With Santa
Illinois Museum Offers Virtual Visits With Santa (Decatur, IL) -- The Children's Museum of Illinois is offering virtual visits with Santa. The virtual visits are replacing in-person ones because of CO...
Dec 17, 2020
COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Given to Clinical Colleagues at HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital
For Immediate Release- December 16, 2020 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Given to Clinical Colleagues at HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital SHELBYVILLE - Today, December 16, 2020, HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital administ...
Dec 17, 2020 HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital administered the first COVID-19 vaccine dose to Tina Shutts, RN. Photo submitted by HSHS Good Shephard Hospital.
Mattoon Chamber Reminds You to Think and Shop Local this Holiday Season
Thursday, December 17, 2020, Ed Dowd, Executive Director of the Mattoon Chamber of Commerce was a guest on 101.3 WMCI. Here is a brief description of what he covered during the interview: Reminder to ...
Dec 17, 2020
Illinois House Speaker Opens Door To Tax Increase
Illinois House Speaker Opens Door To Tax Increase (Springfield, IL) -- One day after Illinois' governor proposed 700-million-dollars in budget cuts, the state's powerful House Speaker started talking ...
Dec 17, 2020
Horizon Health Foundation Donates Lifesaving Devices
For Immediate Release - December 16, 2020 Horizon Health Foundation Donates Lifesaving Devices (Paris, Ill.)-The Horizon Health Foundation of East Central Illinois recently donated automated external ...
Dec 17, 2020 (Right to left) Marty Adams, executive director of the Horizon Health Foundation of East Central Illinois, presents an automated external defibrillator (AED) to Brian Gates, Paris Fire chief. The Foundation recently donated the life saving devices to five local not-for-profit organizations. The fire department will distribute the AEDs and provide the necessary training. Photo submitted by Horizon Health.
U.S. Representative Davis Target Of IDES Fraud
U.S. Representative Davis Target Of IDES Fraud (Springfield, IL). -- U.S. Representative Rodney Davis says he is the target of fraud through the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Davis said ...
Dec 17, 2020
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