Covid-19 Outbreak Hits Rantoul Meat Processing Plant

Covid-19 Outbreak Hits Rantoul Meat Processing Plant

This story has been updated on Tuesday May 5 at 12:00 p.m. to reflect updated case numbers. One of the largest meat processing plants in central Illinois is battling an outbreak of coronavirus in which 21 cases of  Covid-19 have been already been counted, a company official confirmed Monday. By late afternoon, that number stood…

COVID-19 Leaves Blind Students Even Further Behind
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COVID-19 Leaves Blind Students Even Further Behind

Amber McKeag says her son Darrin received little braille instruction before the COVID-19 pandemic hit Illinois. Now, she says, he doesn’t receive any.  McKeag and her family live in a rural part of Mercer County, on the Iowa-Illinois border. Her son, Darrin, who is about to turn 10, suffers from Bardet-Biedl syndrome. As a result,…