Blue Island
Illinois
Coronavirus News for Blue Island
Blue Island mayor shuts down police department after reports of coronavirus case, angering state rep
The Cook County Sheriff’s Department and Illinois State Police are conducting patrols in Blue Island until the local police are reactivated. Blue Island Mayor Domingo Vargas shut down the city’s ... More info »
Chicago Sun-Times - 03/22/2020 08:09amBlue Island PD Closed, Employee Tests Positive For Coronavirus
NBC Chicago reports the Blue Island Police Department has shut down operations after a police officer tested positive for coronavirus. BLUE ISLAND, IL — The Blue Island Police Department has shut down ... More info »
Patch - 03/22/2020 11:09amMetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island will reopen to house coronavirus patients
U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Chicago, and state Rep. Bob Rita, D-Blue Island had written recently to Gov. J.B. Pritzker urging his office to take steps to reopen the hospital to care for coronavirus ... More info »
Chicago Tribune - 03/24/2020 07:53amBlue Island Police Department Shuts Down After Employee Tests Positive for Coronavirus
A suburban mayor has suspended all police department activities after an employee of the department tested positive for coronavirus. Blue Island Mayor Domingo Vargas ... Cook County Sheriff’s deputies ... More info »
NBC Chicago - 03/22/2020 10:02amCoronavirus Illinois: Blue Island police station reopened after being temporarily shut down due to COVID-19 concerns
The BIue Island Police Department's station is now reopen after being temporarily shut down by the city's mayor after a department employee has tested positive for COVID-19. More info »
ABC 7 Chicago - 03/23/2020 04:42pmBlue Island closes police station, sends workers home after officer tests positive for coronavirus
Blue Island Police Chief Bernadine Rzab remains in control of the department and in communication with her direct reports, but at least six sheriff’s office units are handling all patrolling for the ... More info »
Chicago Tribune - 03/22/2020 11:05amState, Local Lawmakers Furious After Blue Island Shuts Down Police Department Over Coronavirus Case
Among those who have tested positive for the coronavirus recently in Illinois is a police officer in south suburban Blue Island. More info »
CBS Boston / WBZ - 03/23/2020 03:39pmCoronavirus update: Chicago infant among 13 new COVID-19 deaths in Illinois as city considered next hot spot
A Chicago infant who tested positive for coronavirus has died, Illinois officials announced Saturday. Gov. JB Pritzker announced the infant's death as well as the death of a state employee who was ... More info »
ABC 7 Chicago - 03/28/2020 05:15amCoronavirus Illinois: Blue Island mayor temporarily shuts down police station after employee tests positive for COVID-19
The BIue Island Police Department's station has been temporarily shut down Sunday by the city's mayor after a department employee has tested positive for COVID-19. Blue Island Mayor Domingo Vargas ... More info »
ABC 7 Chicago on MSN.com - 03/23/2020 07:03amBlue Island shuts down police department after officer tests positive for COVID-19
BLUE ISLAND, Ill. — Elected officials in Blue Island are clashing over Mayor Domingo Vargas’ decision to shut down the police department after an officer tested positive for COVID-19. State ... More info »
WGN-TV - 03/22/2020 03:20pmBlue Island mayor defends decision to close police department over COVID-19
The mayor of Blue Island says reversing his decision over the weekend to shut down the police department due to a positive COVID-19 test was wrong and dangerous. Aldermen in ... More info »
WGN-TV - 03/24/2020 06:36amBlue Island Mayor To Address Decision To Shut Down Police Department Amid COVID-19 Concerns
The mayor of Blue Island will explain his decision today to shut down the entire police department after an officer tests positive for COVID-19. More info »
CBS Boston / WBZ - 03/23/2020 10:30pmEvents Around Blue Island
Exhibition - A New World... So Wild A Place
Louder Than A Bomb Largest Youth Poetry Festival
Show - Coco Montoya and Ronnie Baker Brooks
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Organizations around Blue Island
Chicago Southland Dragon Boat Festival
Blue Island Beer Company
Blue Island Bark Park
The Meadows Golf Club of Blue Island
Lyric Theater Project, Inc.
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Blue Island Town Facts
Blue Island, Illinois. Population for Blue Island from the last gathering is 23463. You can view Blue Island venues that host many Blue Island IL events every year.
You can find a ton of properties for sale if you search the Blue Island page on Zillow. Currently Blue Island has an average listing price for homes for sale on the market of $348,604. More real estate facts about Blue Island: The number of properties currently for sale in Blue Island is 16,822. The median homes for sale listing price is $192,900. This is broken down with the number of three bedroom houses in Blue Island consisting of 5,785 with an average listing price for these house of $271,441. Out of the 3,387 houses that are four bedroom the average listing price for Blue Island is $417,258. Interest rates for Blue Island are at historic lows as well.
Blue Island Illinois has a latitude of 41.65539932251 and a longitude of -87.680000305176. View the full profile
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