Author Archives: Michelle Mitchell
Attorney General: Report Price Gouging
March 17, 2020 – Attorney General Kwame Raoul says he will be going after businesses that engage in price gouging. Raoul says his office has already received many complaints about inflated price...
Mar 18, 2020
City Offices Closing To Public Thursday. Suspends Water Disconnections
March 17, 2020 – Starting Thursday, March 19, The city of Decatur offices and Decatur Civic Center will be closed to the general public. Decatur city employees will still be working, unless allo...
Mar 17, 2020
DMH, Memorial Health System Postpones Elective Procedures
March 17, 2020 – Memorial Health System on Tuesday began to postpone elective medical procedures and non-urgent surgeries at its five hospitals and affiliated ambulatory surgical facilities unti...
Mar 17, 2020
Illinois Reports First COVID-19 Death
March 17, 2020 – (AP) Gov. J.B. Pritzker has announced the first coronavirus death in Illinois. Pritzker said announcing the death of an Illinois resident due to the coronavirus outbreak was som...
Mar 17, 2020
United Way Needs Volunteers To Help Local Agencies
March 17, 2020 – The United Way is asking for your help. The United Way’s volunteer portal is receiving requests for help for Northeast Community Fund and Good Samaritan Inn. Both organiza...
Mar 17, 2020
DISC To Close. No Schools Out Day Camp
March 17, 2020 – The Decatur Park District has announced the closure of the DISC as well as canceling it’s Schools Out Day Camp. The Park District released the following statement: The Dec...
Mar 17, 2020
Memorial Health System Opens Access To Free Virtual Care
March 17, 2020 – Memorial Health System (Parent group of Decatur Memorial Hospital) has announced it has made it’s MemorialNow virtual-care service free to anyone in central Illinois. The ...
Mar 17, 2020
Avon and AMC Theaters To Close
March 17, 2020 – AMC Theatres and the local Avon Theater have announced they will both be closing in accordance with new guidelines by the CDC advising people not to gather in groups larger than...
Mar 17, 2020
Dollar General Dedicates First Hour of Business to Senior Citizens
March 17, 2020 – Dollar General Corporation announced it will dedicate the first hour of each shopping day to senior shoppers, as well as amend store operating hours beginning today. Dollar Gene...
Mar 17, 2020
Good Samaritan and NECF Alter Client Services
March 17th, 2020- The Good Samaritan Inn and Northeast Community Fund are changing their practices temporarily in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Our primary purpose as an organization is to feed ...
Mar 17, 2020