2021 Ford Explorer King Ranch 4WD Interior 360 Video. You control the view with the icon in the top left
2021 Ford Explorer King Ranch 4WD Interior 360 Video
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IN MEMORIAM: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and More Mourn the Death Of Desmond TuTu
ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — On Sunday (December 26), South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his death in a statement, saying, “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa.”
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IN MEMORIAM: Gone But Not Forgotten
SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — From honored celebrities whose careers we’ve followed for decades to everyday folks who were largely unknown until they left this world, we said goodbye and “Rest In Power” far too often. As the year ends, we take a minute to reflect and acknowledge some of those who went on to glory in 2021.
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Pandemic’s Heavy Toll on Children’s Mental Health
PRECINCT REPORTER NEWS — “The future wellbeing of our country depends on how we support and invest in the next generation,” said U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. “Especially in this moment, as we work to protect the health of Americans in the face of a new variant, we also need to focus on how we can emerge stronger on the other side. This advisory shows us how we can all work together to step up for our children during this dual crisis.”
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IN MEMORIAM: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and More Mourn the Death Of Desmond TuTu
ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — On Sunday (December 26), South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his death in a statement, saying, “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation’s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa.”
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Governor, hospital leaders urge hospitals to postpone non-emergency surgeries during Omicron Surge
To prepare for a likely surge of post-holiday Omicron COVID-19 cases and to prepare for a potential shortage of staffed ICU beds, Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Health and Hospital Association are urging hospitals to take every possible measure to maintain and expand bed capacity, including postponing non-emergency surgeries and other procedures as needed and without risking patient harm.
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Will County Health Department stressing caution as COVID numbers spike
COVID numbers are high throughout Illinois as the rolling test positivity rate on Wednesday reached 13.2 percent and total cases spiked to more than 2.1 million, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Reported COVID-related deaths in the state hit 27,734.
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Top stories of 2021
As 2021 comes to an end, it’s time to look back on the year and reflect a bit on some of the significant stories from the region.
While there is no way to touch on all the big stories of 2021, let us take a brief look at five of them.
1. Will County receives millions in COVID relief
In March, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan to provide funding to assist in getting the country back on its feet. While Will County received more than $120 million in funding in 2020 through the CARES Act, it received $133 million in American Rescue Plan money. The county received half of that funding this year, and it is expecting to receive the other half in 2022. This time around, larger communities, such as Joliet and Bolingbrook, received direct funding payments (albeit much less than what the county received) from the federal government. Joliet city officials have said they want the county to share some of its funding with the city, but county officials have yet to dole out any of that second round of COVID relief funding. Many residents throughout the county are eager to know where the bulk of the funding will go. In November, Mike Theodore, spokesman for the Will County Executive’s Office, told The Times Weekly that while the funding will play a large part in county-wide recovery from the pandemic, it has yet to be decided how the funds will be allocated. More to come in 2022.
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Legal expert takes closer look at new laws for Illinois
More than 300 new laws are set to take effect on Jan. 1. Gwen Daniels, deputy director of Illinois Legal Aid Online (ILAO), the state’s largest non-profit online legal aid resource, has provided some perspective on some of the laws that could have most impact.
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New automated Vote-By-Mail system coming together for Clerk’s office
Will County Clerk Lauren Staley Ferry earlier this week accepted the first major piece of equipment to automate the Vote By Mail program in Will County. The high-speed, state-of-the-art EvoluJet Printer from BlueCrest has the capability of printing 2,200 ballots per hour. Specialists from BlueCrest and the manufacturer, Kyocera, were on hand to assemble the EvoluJet’s components and make the necessary adjustments to begin printing test ballots on location at the Will County Clerk’s Office. The EvoluJet Printer will be joined by two other major pieces of equipment: The high-speed Relia-Vote MSE Inserter will automate the assembly of Vote By Mail packets, and the Relia-Vote Vantage Sorter will streamline the sorting of Vote By Mail packets for outbound mailing and for organizing return ballots. These three machines will improve efficiency and accuracy across the entire Vote By Mail program. They also will save Will County taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars each election compared to the cost of assembling and processing Vote By Mail Ballots manually. Staley Ferry announced back in August that the Will County Board had unanimously approved $1.9 million in funding to purchase equipment to automate her office’s growing Vote By Mail program.
