Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Prairie State College (PSC) recently announced that Dr. Thomas D. Saban will serve as interim president of the college. The appointment was approved during the March 31, 2020, PSC Board of Trustees meeting. Saban has been serving as vice president of finance and administration at the college[Read More…]
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25% of All Known Cook County COVID-19 Cases Are 30s or Younger; State Projections Getting Worse
Matteson Still Leads the Area with the Most Infections Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Of all the known cases of COVID-19, a full 25% are in their 30s or younger, according to data provided by the Cook County Department of Public Health. Young people are not immune. And in six days since[Read More…]
COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Out of Pittsburgh Shows Promise
Pittsburgh, PA-(ENEWSPF)- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists today announced a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. When tested in mice, the vaccine, delivered through a fingertip-sized patch, produces antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2 at quantities thought to be sufficient for neutralizing the virus. The paper appeared[Read More…]
Daily Coronavirus Briefing: US Death Toll Eclipses 5,000 as Cases Top 200,000
By Staff, AccuWeather AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- The coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a halt in the early part of 2020. After emerging in China’s Hubei province in late 2019, the number of cases skyrocketed and infected more than half of a million worldwide over a four-month span with the epicenter shifting from Asia[Read More…]
Matteson Leads in Area’s Known COVID-19 Cases at 69: CCPH
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Village of Matteson currently leads local communities in known COVID-19 cases, according to Cook County Public Health‘s Surveillance Data website. Park Forest now has 39 known cases, Chicago Heights 34, Steger has 7, Flossmoor 17, Richton Park 28, Sauk Village 9, Glenwood 16, and Tinley Park 29.[Read More…]
Park Forest Has 31 Known Cases of COVID-19: Cook County Public Health
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- According to Cook County Public Health‘s Surveillance Data website, the Village of Park Forest currently has 31 known cases of COVID-19. Chicago Heights has 30 cases, Olympia Fields has 12 cases, Flossmoor 15, and Matteson has 47. Richton Park has 18 cases, while South Chicago Heights and[Read More…]
Police to Issue Citations for “Egregious Violations” of Stay-At-Home Order
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest Police will begin giving citations for what they term “egregious violations” of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Stay-At-Home executive order. In a statement Monday to which the department added the hashtag #InThisTogether on social media, police said, “While the Park Forest Police Department continues to use education[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports Through March 5, 2020
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- These police reports include arrests through March 5, 2020. Charges for those arrested include aggravated speeding, DUI, unlawful possession of cannabis, domestic battery, and aggravated assault. Please note that we repeatedly say “according to police” in these reports and often use the word “allegedly.” We are not[Read More…]
Daily Coronavirus Briefing: Emergency Hospital Goes up in Central Park to Treat Wave of COVID-19 Patients
By Staff, AccuWeather AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- The coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a halt in the early part of 2020. After emerging in China’s Hubei province in late 2019, the number of cases skyrocketed and infected more than half of a million worldwide over a four-month span with the epicenter shifting from Asia[Read More…]
Forest Preserves Prepared to Monitor Conditions, Close More Sites if Needed
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Forest Preserves of Cook County remain open, but specific locations have been closed that do not allow visitors to follow social distancing and other public health guidelines for COVID-19. Today at a press conference at Dan Ryan Woods in Chicago, the Forest Preserves announced measures to limit[Read More…]
