Page 112 - Phase Five News Today

Governor J.B. Pritzker said earlier this week the state is set to move forward to Phase Five of his Restore Illinois Plan on June 11th. Over half the state's population is fully vaccinated, per the CDC, and COVID-19 numbers are declining across the state. Phase Five is a full re-opening, with all sectors of the economy, businesses, schools, and recreation resuming normal operations- with new safety guidance and procedures. The Wabash County Health Department announced four new cases of COVI...

Chicago will move up its full reopening date to coincide with Illinois’ planned target of June 11, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Thursday after more than a year of restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the state's COVID numbers decreasing, Governor Pritzker says Illinois is on the verge of reopening soon. ...

Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic across Illinois today.

Coronavirus hospitalization numbers in Illinois continued their downward trend on Sunday, hitting their lowest levels since the COVD pandemic exploded last spring. According to the latest figures from the Illinois Department of Public Health, a total of 1,078 patients are currently hospitalized in the state of Illinois due to coronavirus complications, marking the lowest number recorded since publicly-available data was...

The state of Illinois got some good news this weekend, as more than half of the adult residents in the state are now vaccinated against the novel coronavirus. The state is also recording a new record low number of hospitalizations, with fewer patients in hospitals than at any other point since the pandemic became widespread last spring. Here are the...

Disney has shifted their release schedule slightly, including the push back of two Marvel films.

Eternals to determine if it will contain the next Groot or, perhaps, something more mysterious. [Updated on 5/24/21] The Premise (Photo by Marvel Comics) As one of Kirby’s final projects before his he parted ways with Marvel Comics for keeps, The Eternals continues themes Kirby worked on throughout the 1970s in books like DC Comics’ New Gods: the origins of myths and the power of ancient beings. Debuting in 1976’s The Eternals #1, the comic book focused on a race of humans engineered...

The Commissioners Court’s decision to unanimously approve the development agreement comes two weeks after the court created the Double Eagle Ranch PID.

By WMAY Newsroom Photo Credit: Kevin Hart/WMAY News Even though the CDC now says fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors, the city of Springfield is keeping its mask mandate in place for the time being. A spokesperson for Mayor Jim Langfelder says he is sticking with his original plan to keep the mask requirement in place until at least the end of May, at which time it will be reassessed. She says the goal is to safely get to the start ...