Metro East news briefs
April 1, 2020Draft regional work plan includes disease surveillance Disease surveillance and infection control strategies are among the aspects of regional planning covered in the East East-West…
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COVID-19 poses fiscal concerns for cities
March 31, 2020Municipalities face potentially serious fiscal problems because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to government and financial industry observers contacted by the Chronicle. Sales,…
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Federal charges filed in state trooper’s death
March 27, 2020A federal grand jury has returned an eight-count indictment against a man charged in the death of an Illinois state trooper in East St. Louis. Christopher Grant, 46, has been charged…
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Public health group donates gloves across the state
March 26, 2020As the COVID-19 outbreak intensifies in Illinois, and in an effort to respond to the growing need among frontline healthcare providers for PPE (personal protective equipment), the Illinois…
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Metro East news briefs
March 25, 2020Biden wins 60 percent in Metro East primaries Echoing results of March 17 Democratic presidential primary balloting across Illinois, former Vice President Joe Biden easily won Metro…
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Southwest Illinois region works to counteract COVID-19 pandemic
March 24, 2020St. Clair County will remain an officially declared disaster area through the duration of the COVID-19 epidemic, after seven presumed cases of the infectious coronavirus were…
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State records 128 new coronavirus cases in one day
March 18, 2020SPRINGFIELD — The number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in Illinois almost doubled overnight, from 160 cases to 288, the state’s Department of Public Health…
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Metro East news briefs
March 18, 2020Scott AFB to test novel bird hazard preventive A pair of Scott Air Force Base airmen have been awarded $300,000 to test a novel approach to the prevention of aircraft bird strikes:…
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