Category Archives: Coronavirus
Salem City Council approves housing study
The Salem City Council Monday night approved a $15,750 housing study by Tracy Cross and Associates, Inc. Economic Development Director Lea Dellicarprini hopes the study will help provide information t...
WJBD Staff Nov 07, 2023 Salem Economic Development Director Leah Dellicarpini.
Marion County Health Department reports three new COVID-19 cases
The Marion County Health Department is reporting three new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. Health Department officials say one of the cases is in a student where contact tracing is underway. Two of the c...
News Apr 23, 2021
Marion County Health Department reports six new COVID-19 cases
The Marion County Health Department on Thursday reported six new COVID-19 cases. All six are considered community spread. One is a student. Contact tracing is underway. The department reports a total ...
News Apr 22, 2021
Marion County reports six new COVID-19 cases in past two days; new death reported in Wayne County
There were 28 additional deaths reported Wednesday from COVID-19 related causes, including a male in his 90s in Wayne County. None of the other deaths were in Southern or South Central Illinois. There...
News Apr 21, 2021
Marion County Health Department reports four new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday
The Marion County Health Department is reporting four new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. Two of the cases are in students and contact tracing is underway on both of them. Three of the cases are conside...
News Apr 13, 2021
Marion County Health Department reports 24 new COVID-19 cases
The Marion County Health Department reports 24 new COVID-19 cases over the weekend and Monday. None of the cases are long-term care residents. Two are students, but neither were in school during their...
News Apr 12, 2021
More than 700 COVID variant cases recorded in Illinois
The state’s top public health doctor says they are keeping a watchful eye on the COVID variants circulating in Illinois and across the country. State Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike says ...
News Apr 08, 2021
COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Illinois; new deaths reported in Marion and Wayne Counties
New cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in Illinois. The latest daily total is 3,790 cases of infection. Governor JB Pritzker says that the highest one-day total since January 29th. He reports about 1,...
News Apr 07, 2021
Marion County nears 15-percent fully vaccinated against COVID-19
The Illinois Department of Public Health reports 5,611 people in Marion County are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19 which is 14.91-percent of the population. A total of 14,523 doses of the vaccin...
News Apr 04, 2021
70% percent of Illinois residents over 65 now have at least one COVID-19 vaccination
The State of Illinois has reached a key metric originally designed to let the state reduce COVID-19 restrictions. 70-percent of those 65 and older have now received at least one dose of the COVID-19 v...
News Mar 31, 2021
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