Two Teachers, Three Students
April 29, 2020
By BEN ORNERCapitol News Illinoisborner@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday he was extending Illinois’ stay-at-home order through May 30 with certain modifications taking effect May 1, including opening state parks, expanding essential businesses, and requiring masks in public.“I know how badly we all want our normal lives back,” Pritzker said at his daily […]
Summer in Woodstock will be different this year. For starters, the city won’t need all of that $125,000 that has been budgeted for events such as Fair Diddley and Summer in the Park. City officials announced last week that uncertainty about the statewide “shelter in place” order – as well as concern about the spread […]
Public and private schools in Illinois are out for the year, and Woodstock School District 200 says it’s ready. Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday that schools in Illinois would not return for in-person learning this academic year and that remote learning would continue for all pre-K through 12th-grade students. Officials of District 200 were not […]
Woodstock officials are supporting Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s latest order that people in Illinois continue to stay home through April 30 and that schools continue to be closed for on-site instruction for that period. The governor made the announcement during a news conference Tuesday in Chicago as the Illinois Department of Public Health reported 937 new […]
Woodstock officials, who had closed some city facilities earlier, announced further restrictions on city facilities and personnel in response to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s announcement Friday ordering all Illinois residents to “stay at home” and closing all “non-essential” businesses. “The governor’s order is similar to that recently imposed in the states of California, New York, and […]
In response to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s announcement Friday ordering all Illinois residents to “stay at home,” and the closure of all “non-essential” businesses, Woodstock officials announced further restrictions on city facilities and personnel. “The governor’s order is similar to that recently imposed in the states of California, New York, and other regions,” City Manager Roscoe […]
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