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MacMurray College to close after 174 years
JACKSONVILLE - After years of financial struggles, MacMurray College will close its doors at the end of spring semester, the college announced Friday.
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‘Everything is going to be ok’ signs defy COVID-19

The letters are tilted on the sign Dave Heinzel pounds into to the ground on a sunny Wednesday, a heart held on by a screw goes flying off.

Local Business Notes: President Abraham Lincoln Hotel temporarily closes

The President Abraham Lincoln Hotel, 701 E.

 
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The coronavirus test that wasn’t: How federal health officials misled state scientists and derailed the best chance at containment

The coronavirus epidemic this week reached Beadle County, South Dakota.

US never spent enough on emergency stockpile, former managers say

A secretive cache of medical supplies to save Americans from deadly disasters for years lacked the funding to prepare for a pandemic as widespread as the coronavirus, former managers of the stockpile told USA TODAY.

 
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‘Staff Meals’ feeds Springfield service industry workers during COVID-19 shutdown

Under normal circumstances, Cured Catering owner Brian Reilly would be preparing for his busiest year yet.

Coronavirus infections in Africa are rapidly rising. Its weak health systems may buckle

LAGOS, Nigeria - After President Donald Trump touted an anti-malaria drug called chloroquine as a possible treatment for coronavirus, thousands of Nigerians started taking the medicine, some of them overdosing in a rush to "prevent" infection.

County fairs hurt financially by COVID-19 shutdowns

The social distancing guidelines that led Illinois county fairs to cancel off-season events on their grounds through the end of April is one part of a financial impact double-whammy, a trade official said.

Springfield City Council zooms ahead with assist from technology

Tuesday's Springfield City Council was unlike any other previously held.

How to file for unemployment benefits

With all "nonessential" businesses closed in Illinois to prevent spread of the coronavirus, thousands of residents are losing jobs.