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St. Clair County officials called Friday the “best day” the county has seen since Nov. 6, COVID-19-wise, at a daily briefing Friday. According to officials, St. Clair County had a daily COVID-19 positive rate of 6.9%, the lowest its been since Nov. 6. No new deaths were announced Friday, and 127 new COVID-19 cases were reported, down from Thursday’s total of 224. The county’s seven-day rolling average was 10.1%. St. Clair County has done an amazing job. Mitigations work, public education works. But they’ve successfully lowered their positivity rates before, only to shoot back up again when mitigations were eased. But not everyone in the county was spared, of course. A heartbreaking loss… ....
POLITICO Get the Illinois Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Uber Driver Stories Good Monday morning, Illinois. Just because it’s the shortest day of the year doesn’t mean there will be any less news. TOP TALKER Chicago corporation counsel Mark Flessner stepped down Sunday in the wake of recent disclosures about a police raid gone wrong that have struck the biggest upset of Mayor ....
Former Illinois state Rep. Eddie Jackson Sr. dies at age 71 herald-review.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from herald-review.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Former state legislator from East St. Louis dies at age 71 after contracting COVID-19 stltoday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stltoday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Belleville News-Democrat State Rep. Eddie Lee Jackson Sr. in the Illinois House Representatives in this Aug. 17, 2012 file photo. Jackson served for 8 years in the Illinois Legislature. Editor’s note: This story was originally published by the Belleville News-Democrat, a news partner of St. Louis Public Radio. A longtime educator, community leader and the “Dean of Politics” in East St. Louis has died. He had been fighting the novel coronavirus, according to those who knew him. Eddie Lee Jackson Sr. served in the Illinois House of Representatives for eight years after retiring from a lengthy career as a science teacher and administrator in East St. Louis School District 189. He sat on the East St. Louis City Council for 20 years and is the father of Emeka Jackson-Hicks, the city’s former mayor. ....