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News and events for Southern Illinois outside of MetroEast.
LOUISVILLE — State Rep. Darren Bailey has vacated the temporary restraining order he won earlier this week against the state’s stay-at-home executive order.
CARBONDALE — The Southern Illinois AIDS Coalition is asking for community support to keep serving the local community during the coronavirus pandemic.
SPRINGFIELD — Local officials in two downstate counties with the highest death rates per capita have said that Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order has gone too far.
LOUISVILLE — A judge in southern Illinois ruled against Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home executive order on Monday.
WGN-TV reported that Clay County Circuit Court Judge Michael McHaney issued a restraining order against the executive order extending shelter in place until the end of May. McHaney issued the order in relation to the lawsuit filed by State Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) against Pritzker.
LOUISVILLE, Ill. — State Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) has filed a lawsuit over Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s extended and modified stay at home order.
MARION — The Southern Illinois Community Foundation announced Tuesday that it had donated money to 53 food pantries and shelters in Southern Illinois.
CARBONDALE — A team at Southern Illinois University Carbondale this week delivered its first round of a key substance needed for COVID-19 tests to health authorities in Springfield.
CARBONDALE — The Southern Illinois AIDS Coalition is seeking help for a homeless client who has just moved to the area.
CARBONDALE — The Southern Illinois Pride Fest is being pushed back to the weekend of October 16.