Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Chicago launches restaurant design challenge to find solutions to winter outdoor dining
Have ideas for how to do outdoor dining in winter? Enter the Winter Design Challenge and win a $5,000 cash prize. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
River Forest police: Driver of crashed car that left four dead faces homicide charges
River Forest police: Driver of crashed car that left four dead faces homicide charges Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Calumet City man found shot to death in vehicle
Police responded to a report of shots fired in the 500 block of Lincoln Avenue at 3:14 a.m. Aug. 20 and found the man sitting in the vehicle with multiple gunshot wounds, police said in a statement. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Eviction ban extended in state until late September
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 1,893 new cases, six additional deaths reported Sunday
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
More than 400 people join march to call for removal of police in Chicago schools
More than 400 people marched on the Near West Side, calling for the removal of Chicago police officers in Chicago Public Schools and to demand that police be defunded. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
COVID-19 in Illinois by the numbers: Here’s a daily update on cases, positivity rate and hospital data in your area
Here’s where Illinois’ 11 regions stand on the key metrics that would prompt the state to restrict activities to contain an outbreak. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
South Side man accused of stabbing homeless men as they slept scheduled for bond hearing
A 28-year-old man has been identified as the person who stabbed several homeless people while they slept after police released images of the person they believed was responsible. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
3 dead, 21 wounded in overnight shootings, police say
Three people were fatally wounded, and at least 17 others were injured in overnight city shootings, Chicago police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
3 juveniles in custody after strong-arm robbery on North side
Three youth were arrested on a CTA platform after a strong-arm robbery on the North Side, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Mayor Lori Lightfoot allies stall effort to ask for National Guard troops in Chicago
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her City Council allies stalled an effort led by political rivals on Friday to declare a state of emergency in Chicago and ask the governor to send the National Guard into the city. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Notre Dame had to suspend classes days into the term as COVID-19 cases surged. Is that a cautionary tale for other college campuses trying to reopen?
A school official pointed to off-campus activity as the root of the problem and said a small group of students could jeopardize the semester for everyone. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
An early end to the tourism season? Facing fewer visitors and the possibility of losses, some venues are closing early
Chicago’s tourism industry may wrap up early this year as hotels and some city attractions consider shortening their season to save money from the deep losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Former suburban school chief charged with looting lunch program for needy kids
A former south suburban private school operator has been charged in federal court in Chicago with looting hundreds of thousands of dollars over a seven-year period from a school nutrition program intended for needy children. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Even as classes shift online, college students are returning to campuses. Will that spread COVID-19?
As universities across the country invite students back for fall, students are torn between difficult and often conflicting interests — including whether to join remote classes from their childhood home or from housing on or near campus. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
At DNC, Obama says Trump using presidency like a ‘reality show’ to get ‘the attention he craves’
Barack Obama delivered an unsparing attack on President Trump at the virtual DNC on Wednesday night. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 2,295 new known COVID-19 cases and 25 more deaths reported as Notre Dame and Michigan State become latest colleges to move classes online
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
4 Chicago aldermen want to force special City Council meeting on looting, call for National Guard help
Four Chicago aldermen have filed notice to force a special meeting of the City Council later this week to address looting and call for the National Guard to be deployed. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
2 wounded in shooting in Park Manor neighborhood on South Side
Two people were shot Wednesday morning on the South Side in the Park Manor neighborhood, police said. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Chicago removes Wisconsin, Nebraska from mandatory travel quarantine list — but Iowa and Kansas are going back on
The city of Chicago has removed Wisconsin from its mandatory quarantine order. Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration added Wisconsin to its 14-day self-quarantine order in late July. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
Cheese curds, anyone? Chicago takes Wisconsin off quarantine list, but 18 states and Puerto Rico are still on. Here’s what you need to know to avoid a large fine.
Those who travel from Chicago to any of the states the city has deemed a COVID-19 risk must implement a mandatory two-week quarantine upon their return or face hefty fines. Here’s what you need to know. Top Featured Tags: – Illinois News Press Release Distribution Service
