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Springfield’s hotel occupancy rate in January was 27.2%, the lowest monthly rate ever recorded since statistics began being kept almost three decades ago, and the rate was 16 percentage points lower than the same month in 2020.
The statistics were emblematic of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on Springfield as a travel and tourism destination.
“It’s been devastating over the past year,” said Scott Dahl, director of the Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau.
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Former Barrington day care worker charged with child battery Annmarie Dziedzic
Updated 3/4/2021 5:38 PM
A former employee at a church-run Barrington day care was held on $50,000 bail Thursday on charges she carried toddlers by their arms and ankles, pushed one boy s face into the ground and threw shoes at a girl.
Annmarie Dziedzic, 36, is charged with multiple counts of aggravated battery to a child.
According to Barrington police, the charges stem from several incidents that occurred at the Lutheran Church of Atonement in Barrington where Dziedzic was employed as a child care worker.
Prosecutors say the instances occurred between June 2020 and February 2021. The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services initiated an investigation on Feb. 4 after receiving an anonymous tip. Police and the church initiated investigations in conjunction with DCFS, police said. Dziedzic no longer works at the facility.
Let It Be Us Adds to Board of Directors
Updated 3/5/2021 8:43 AM
Let It Be Us, the not-for-profit organization dedicated to the care of children in the State of Illinois foster care system, today announced the addition of Debra Dyer-Webster, J.D., MSW, to its board of directors.
Dyer-Webster joins the Let It Be Us board with over 30 years of child welfare experience, including more than 25 years with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Currently, she is a Management Consultant on Child Welfare Practice at Public Knowledge. Dyer-Webster holds a Juris Doctor degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law and a master s in social work from the University of Chicago. She received her master s in education as well as a bachelor s in social science from Jackson State University.
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