COVID-19 briefs: Sangamon County Fair Fall Festival canceled

With the COVID-19 pandemic raging on, plans to host a modified Sangamon County Fair in early October have been scrapped.Fair officials announced the cancellation Friday, saying it was “due to the ever changing uncertainty” around the pandemic.”Back in May our hope was that by October it would be safe to have an event with large numbers of people gathered, but the increases in COVID-19 cases locally and statewide, and the restrictions in place at this time, make it […]