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“If you need to be right before you move, you will never win,” the WHOs Dr Michael Ryan said of the most crucial lesson he learned from controlling ebola epidemics. “Perfection is the enemy of the good. Speed trumps perfection.” On the same day amid rapidly escalating Covid rates in the UK, the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) committee concluded that “household isolation and social distancing of the elderly and vulnerable should be implemented soon, pro...

Murdered mayors of Limerick - Limerick’s distinctive contribution to Ireland’s quest for freedom Reporter: );  ); LAST SUNDAY marked the centenary of the deaths of Joseph O’Donoghue, Michael O’Callaghan and George Clancy. O’Donoghue was a young member of the IRA; O’Callaghan had just retired as Mayor of Limerick; and Clancy had just been elected Mayor of Limerick. The brutal killing of the three men by British Crown forces, particularly the savage deaths of O’Callaghan and Clanc...

UpdatedTue, Feb 16, 2021 at 3:14 pm CT Replies(15) A 43-year-old Joliet man, Michael J. Ryan, was driving a Gold Chevrolet eastbound on I-80 when he lost control of his car, causing his car to spin, state police said. (Image via Illinois State Police ) JOLIET, IL — Less than 24 hours after an Illinois State Police trooper was seriously injured on Interstate 55 near Route 39, another Illinois State Police car was hit on Tuesday morning along Interstate 80 at I-55. Tuesdays wreck happened at 8:...

Updated 2/17/2021 1:17 PM An Illinois State Police trooper remains hospitalized in serious condition Wednesday with injuries he suffered this week when his squad was rear-ended by a Cadillac driven by a Joliet man on Interstate 55 in Will County, authorities said. State police have not identified the trooper who was airlifted to the hospital Monday.   The trooper had responded to an earlier, two-vehicle crash on north I-55 near Route 30. The troopers squad car stopped behind the wrecked vehicl...

FBI Identifies 2 Killed Agents in Florida Shooting “Tragically, the FBI lost two of our own today,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement. They were identified as special agents Daniel Alfin and Laura Schwartzenberger. Three other FBI agents were also “wounded while executing a federal court-ordered search warrant in a crimes against children investigation in Sunrise, Florida,” the agency said. Acting Attorney General Monty Wilkinson issued the following statement: “We m...

A World Health Organization official said recently that it is “definitely too early” to conclude that the coronavirus first started in China.

French Canadians left an indelible mark on the business district around Lafayette Square Mike Richard Special for The Gardner News While the businesses in the cluster at 110-134 Parker St. were never part of a named block, there were many stores and shops that flourished in the area over the years. The structure at 110-118 Parker St. was built in 1900 and located just to the right of Robillard’s Pharmacy approaching Lafayette Square. This section of Gardner, near Nichols and Parker streets, w...