A full-fledged statewide mandate is “not something on the table” for now but masks will be required indoors this fall for all students, staff and faculty in all schools, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday afternoon.
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“Last year we (had) a very basic, socially distanced experience. We kind of gave kids a taste of what marching band is like. We never competed, never performed anywhere. We just did a mini show," Mahomet-Seymour band director Michael Stevens said of the marching band.
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COVID-19 cases are rising in DeWitt and Piatt Counties, but not to the point that either is on the state warning list, according to Tuesday's update from the bi-county health department.
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