'The number of students on campus may affect their ability to surpass their turnout in 2016 and 2018, but there's a pretty consistent flow of students at the Illini Union and the ARC'
Wednesday, the day that the Arcola and Danville districts are scheduled to return to in-person learning, is when Villa Grove will shift to remote ... Unit 4 cases involve five students and three staffers and lead to 17 in quarantine.
Should Champaign County restaurants or bars open for indoor service, “we’ll be sending our compliance people out there,” says C-U public health district Administrator Julie Pryde.
Should Champaign County restaurants or bars open for indoor service, “we’ll be sending our compliance people out there,” says C-U public health district Administrator Julie Pryde.
It’s the second time The News-Gazette has been honored by American Legion Post 24 for proper display of the flag.
It was a surreal scene: Few fans, missing players, piped-in music.
Effective 12:01 a.m. Monday: No indoor dining in area restaurants ... Rantoul joins Unity, GCMS high schools in all-remote learning this week ... Scheduled to move from remote back to in-person this week: Monticello High, Danville and Arcola districts ... Region 6: 10 counties' seven-day positivity rates rise, 10 fall, one (Piatt) remains unchanged ... State: 11th and final region (West Central Illinois) to begin advanced mitigations Wednesday.
After the pandemic,
His former coaches and teammates might not believe him, but Brit Miller said he’s never been as sore as he was after training for “Dancing with the CU Stars.”
Of the 21 counties that make up Region 6, Champaign has the third-lowest seven-day positivity rate (5.7%). The five with the highest: Cumberland 26.1, Shelby 15.9, Douglas 14.9, Macon 13.7, Effingham 11.2 ... Piatt Co. health administrator: Woman in 90s whose death was reported Friday suffered from 'multiple underlying health conditions' and had been in hospice care ... Seven Champaign Co. residents now hospitalized, down one overnight ... Vermilion Co. adds 13 cases.
A daily question for Champaign-Urbana Public Health's Julie Pryde
'The governor is picking on small businesses, restaurants and bars and nobody else. ... We’ve followed the health department recommendations. It’s not just about me; it’s about employees'
State sets single-day pandemic records for most tests (95,111) and new cases (6,943) ... Robert Jones UI campus mass mail: 'If we do not come together now, we will be forced to take more extreme measures' ... Illinois Restaurant Association says it plans to challenge Pritzker's executive orders: 'It is important for the courts to hear about our rights and how we've been harmed as an industry.' ... Woman in her 90s becomes second Piatt County resident to lose life to COVID this week ... Douglas, Ford among 49 counties on new state warning level list.
Our columnist weighs in with what to expect before Illinois plays Purdue on Saturday in Champaign
The smallish crowd of about 1,000 — guests of the players and coaches for both Illinois and Purdue — will be seated on the west side of the stadium.
At least a few times in this column, you have referred to a time “when the pandemic is over.” How will we know when it’s “over”? Are there specific metrics that must be reached? Who makes this determination?
CHAMPAIGN — Local health officials asked residents to gear up for more COVID-19 mitigations and not grow weary of public-health guidelines, especially as the holidays and colder weather push people indoors.
Welcome to Year 5 of High School Confidential, an award-winning project made possible by aspiring student journalists from every corner of our circulation area. Each Friday through May, they’ll tell us what’s happening in their hallways at news-gazette.com.
People are getting creative to keep Halloween alive during this time of COVID-19.
With trick-or-treating on tap Saturday, the Troyer family of Savoy wanted to figure out a safe delivery method for candy.
State Rep. Tim Butler, R-Springfield: “One of my major complaints is that I think the governor has focused so much on the health side of COVID, and has neglected the economic cost of COVID, time and time again." ... Restrictions that could be announced as soon as Friday in Champaign and surrounding counties include no indoor service at restaurants/bars and gatherings limited to 25 people ... State sets single day-high for most cases: 6,363 ... 56 deaths include Ford County woman in 70s.
'I’ve been really heartened by businesses’ willingness to not say ‘woe is me’ but ‘what can we do'
Illini defensive back won't have loved ones in the stands on Saturday at Memorial Stadium because of COVID-19 concerns
One of the concerns exercise immunology researcher Jeff Woods has about coronavirus is the “second wave” effects — not the surge of infections the country is experiencing right now, but the health risks from a decrease in physical activity due to the pandemic.
A daily question for Champaign-Urbana Public Health District’s Julie Pryde
UI Professor Allen Barton says Illinois Strong Couples, a free relationship-strengthening program, can help couples weather the COVID storm and be prepared to better handle future relationship stressors.
'It’s one more unique experience for our community. We hope people get out and explore and experience the river and experience nature.'
Wednesday's IHSA decision: 'A glimmer of hope'
374 of Douglas County's 779 confirmed cases have been reported in the last 14 days ... Piatt County reports 11 new cases in two days, five of them in Monticello ... Vermilion County's seven-day positivity rate — as high as 9.8 percent last week — holds at 7.7. ... Champaign County's seven-day rates: 0.7 percent with UI tests factored in, 4.8 without.
Pritzker: “Are we better prepared (than in the spring)? We sure are. That doesn't mean that we can stop the virus. It means that ... we at least can diagnose people, we can make sure that people have PPE and especially masks.”
GOP leaders argue that there is scant evidence that bars and restaurants — which will be closed to indoor service in eight of the state’s 11 regions by the end of the week — are a significant source of COVID-19 spread.
A virtual, guided tour of memorable campus places and spaces, with clinical associate professor — and newly named American Institute of Architects fellow — Randy Deutsch.
College football writer — and AP Top 25 voter — BOB ASMUSSEN breaks down the league’s 14 teams after Week 1:
Jim Phillips: '"I love Coach. He just meant so much to me in my life.'
We asked Lafayette (Ind.) Journal & Courier beat writer Mike Carmin for his thoughts on the Boilermakers going into Saturday’s Illinois-Purdue game at Memorial Stadium.
“A lot of people are having to drive 60, 70 miles just to get to an academy that can serve their needs to advance their career, so now the goal is to have this training a little bit more local for folks who can continue to up-skill and get access to these high-paying jobs."
Q: With Thanksgiving and other holidays approaching with friends and family gatherings near, if those who wished to get together were tested within three to four days before the event to confirm they are negative, and quarantine until the event, would the risk of transmission be considered h…
Five months after Rudy Frasca passed away at the age of 89, a bench was delivered to the company he founded with a plaque reading: “Dedicated to Rudy Frasca, from your friends at Airlife and Carle Foundation Hospital.”
More than 40 percent of Douglas County's 722 cases have come in the past two weeks, requiring local health officials to monitor 633 residents who either have active cases or are close contacts of someone who does ... State's seven-day positivity rate rises to 6.4%, the highest it's been since June 2. 'People want to poke holes in the stats,” IDPH's Dr. Ngozi Ezike says. “You can't deny people in the hospital with COVID; you can't deny people who have died with it.” ... In Champaign County, active cases fall below 300.
The shop’s location at the corner of University Avenue and First Street is prime real estate.
A daily question for Julie Pryde
Pritzker: “No matter where in Illinois you call home, as you go about your daily lives, remember that this is not over. There seems to be a COVID storm on the rise. And we have to get prepared.” ... New case counts: 42 in Champaign County, 29 in Douglas, 23 on UI campus, 21 in Vermilion, 11 in Ford ... Come Wednesday, 6 of state's 11 regions will have enhanced mitigation measures, including Regions 4 (Metro East) and 10 (suburban Cook County).
Employee at Rantoul's Broadmeadow Elementary tests positive ... Sunday new case totals: 4,062 statewide, 45 in city of Champaign, 11 in Vermilion County, 9 in Douglas County, 9 in Rantoul, 8 in St. Joseph, 6 in Mahomet ... UI seven-day rate remains 0.2% ... Hospitalizations: 7 in Champaign Co., 14 in Vermilion ... Rosati's: 'No one could have predicted what would unfold over the past 9 months with COVID-19.'
Illinois football beat writer Bob Asmussen is a voting member of The Associated Press Top 25 football panel. Here is this week's ballot:
Big crowd at Memorial Stadium, purple lights at State Farm Center
63 deaths statewide include Ford County man in 90s ... Seven-day positivity rates hold in Champaign County (0.5%), Region 6 (7.3%), on UI campus (0.2%). State rate jumps from 5.6% to 6.1% ... Rise in Rantoul cases linked to 69-case outbreak at Lincoln's Challenge Academy ... In Champaign County, hospitalizations unchanged (7), active cases down five (301), recovered up 51 (5,523), close contacts in quarantine up 35 (1,082).
A daily question for the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District's Julie Pryde:
Impacted: Champaign, Douglas, Ford and Vermilion
Champaign Central’s chess club is going strong despite not playing face-to-face.
New cases: 3,874 statewide, 63 in Vermilion, 60 in Champaign, 30 in Douglas, 23 on UI campus, 1 in Ford ... Among counties on IDPH warning list: Douglas, Ford, Moultrie, Vermilion ... 7-day rates: 0.2% on campus, 0.5% in Champaign Co., 7.3% in Region 6, 5.6% in state.
GIBSON CITY — The Red Army — the spirit group of Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley High School — got creative when it learned this year’s homecoming celebration had been canceled due to COVID-19.
It's like a kid's Halloween bag, an extensive variety of treats: the next hazardous waste collections, upcoming road improvement projects, the end of MCORE, a Champaign death investigation, Illini fan cutouts, community college enrollment, rad signs, MAGA caps, voting by mail, homes razed near Urbana High, trains through Champaign, I-57 traffic at Tuscola and Target near campus.
Q: The Great Barrington Declaration has signatories which includes over 10,000 medical and public-health scientists and nearly 27,000 medical practitioners. Their basic premise recommends protecting those most vulnerable to COVID-19, and fosters the return to normal living for those middle a…