URBANA – Distribution of the new bivalent COVID-19 booster began last week across Illinois, including in Champaign County. The bivalent booster offers more protection against the Omicron variant because it combines the original strain of COVID-19 with the most recent one, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Previous boosters only protected against the SARS…
SPRINGFIELD – The 2022 Illinois State Fair set an all-time attendance record with more than 636,700 visitors. Weekend attendance increased by 95,000 from one year ago. Attendance topped 2021 overall by more than 160,000 and 2019 by more than 127,000. There was no fair in 2020 for the first time since World War II due…
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 Today’s headlines: Voting by mail in Illinois jumped in popularity during the height of the pandemic, and that trend may continue for the November election. The Illinois State Fair is reporting record-breaking attendance this year. The Planned Parenthood clinic located in Champaign is now providing in-patient, surgical abortions. Champaign health experts…