Another City-Wide Curfew Issued For Freeport For Friday, Saturday And Sunday
At the suggestion of law enforcement, Mayor Jodi Miller has declared a State of Emergency and has imposed another City-wide curfew.
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Illinois’ Sheriffs Sue To Force State To Take Inmates Against Pritzker’s Order
The Illinois Sheriffs’ Association filed a lawsuit last week in Logan County Circuit Court, naming Pritzker, Illinois Department of Corrections Acting Director Rob Jeffreys, and wardens from four state prisons.
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Pritzker Addresses Budget Needs After Riots
“We have systemic racism that also has to be addressed in a state budget,” the governor said. “I often say that budgets are a moral document.”
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Community-Based COVID-19 Testing Sties To Reopen After Looting, Riots
Ten of the 11 state-run COVID-19 testing sites resumed operations Wednesday after civil unrest forced them to close.
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Freeport Mayor Imposes City-Wide Curfew From 8:00 p.m June 1 To 6:00am June 2
This curfew will expire Tuesday morning,June 2ndat 6:00 a.m.unless a further extension is deemed necessary
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Freeport Community Foundation Awards $52,067.93 in Grants to Northwest Illinois Non-Profits
In addition to the spring 2020 grants, the FCF has also distributed $200,000 in COVID-19 Emergency Relief Funds to an assortment of Carroll, Jo Daviess and Stephenson non-profit organizations providing various forms of COVID-19 emergency relief assistance to area residents.
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Facing U.S. Supreme Court Scrutiny, Pritzker Backs Off Of Church Limitations
Pritzker has been under fire from churches that filed a handful of lawsuits, including one before the U.S. Supreme Court that his administration had to respond to before 8 p.m. Thursday.
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Illinois Movie Theater Owners Lobby For Larger Audiences
Chris Johnson, president of the Illinois chapter of the National Association of Theater Owners, said the 50-person limit is unrealistic.
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Freeport Rotary Club June Topic Is COVID-19
The speaker for the June 1st meeting will be Cullen Dutmer, M.D., who is the brother of our fellow Rotarian, Brendan Dutmer.
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FHN Leaders Talk About Welcoming, Safeguarding Patients
Gridley and FHN Infection Preventionist Margie Kochsmier, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CIC, talk about the many precautions FHN is taking to protect patients and staff during the COVID-19 epidemic and beyond.
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Chicago To Be Held Back From Governor’s Phase 3 Plan As Courts Consider Executive Authority To Reshape State’s Economy
The governor’s Restore Illinois plan, which he released in early May, requires the four regions of the state to meet certain criteria before they can advance to the next phase. But the governor has also said local governments can implement more stringent requirements.
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City of Freeport To Test CodeRED Community Notification System Week Of June 1
CodeRED is the FREE community notification system available to Freeport residents that will send you alerts concerning time-sensitive and/or emergency information.
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Pritzker Says Nursing Home Visitor Restrictions Could Remain In Place For Some Time
The governor also used his briefing to speak about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. “Being black in America cannot be a death sentence, but it is.”
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Reports: Largest Concentrations Of ‘At-Risk’ Coronavirus Patients Are In States With Best Health Infrastructures
During the coronavirus shutdown, “the news often focuses on the medically vulnerable – people who risk the most serious symptoms if they contract the disease, such as the elderly or people with pre-existing medical conditions,” WalletHub financial writer Adam McCann said. “However, two other at-risk populations are just as crucial to protect – those who lack adequate living conditions and those without enough monetary resources to weather the pandemic.”
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Real Estate Market In Illinois Gaining Steam Despite Pandemic
The buyers that are looking right now and the buyers that are most serious about buying.
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