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The rate of new cases resulting from tests has dropped below 10% in the last week for the first time in almost a month.

Illinois | 7-day COVID-19 case positivity rate dips into single digits after four weeks of highs

The state's seven-day COVID-19 case positivity rate dips into single digits for the first time since Dec. 29. "We expect over the next few weeks, it's going to decrease tremendously, but it's not going away," one expert says.
Danielle Macchia, facing, hugs her mother Lori Giampoli during a remembrance ceremony Friday in Geneva for the more than 1,000 people Kane County has lost to COVID-19. Frank Giampoli, Lori’s husband and Danielle’s father, died from COVID in December 2020.

Kane County | 'Our grief is so great': Kane County remembers more than 1,000 lives lost to COVID

Roughly 40 people gathered Friday on the steps of the old Kane County Courthouse in Geneva to remember the more than 1,000 people Kane County has lost to COVID-19 since the beginning of the global pandemic. Among them were the family of Frank Giampoli, a longtime Geneva attorney who died of COVID in December 2020.
Courtney Kiolbassa, a registered nurse specializing in cardiology, was selected as 2021 Nurse of the Year at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital near Lake Barrington.

News | 'An amazing profession,' 2021 Advocate Good Shepherd Nurse of the Year says of her job

Courtney Kiolbassa, 28, became a cardiology nurse just over six years ago. Her dedication and hard work have earned her the 2021 Nurse of the Year award for Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital near Lake Barrington.
QR codes have become more popular during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there’s a downside. According to the FBI, cybercriminals are using QR codes to send unsuspecting consumers to scam websites.

Columns | Scan to scam? QR codes are convenient and everywhere -- but there's a catch, FBI says

QR codes have grown in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, since they provide a contactless way to share information or make a payment. But all the convenience and safety they offer may be coming with a price, according to the FBI.
Richard Duchossois in the paddock on opening day at Arlington Park, 2009.
News | 'Very few individuals exhibited the drive ... of Mr. Duchossois': Reactions to the death of Mr. D
Reactions to the death of Arlington Park Chairman Emeritus Richard Duchossois poured in Friday afternoon.
FILE - Kyle Rittenhouse walks along Sheridan Road in Kenosha, Wis., in this Aug. 25, 2020 file photo. A Wisconsin judge on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, approved an agreement by lawyers to destroy the assault-style rifle that Rittenhouse used to shoot three people during a 2020 street protest. (Adam Rogan/The Journal Times via AP, File)
News | Kyle Rittenhouse gun from Kenosha shootings to be destroyed
A judge has approved an agreement by lawyers to destroy the assault-style rifle that Kyle Rittenhouse used to kill two people and wound a third during a 2020 street protest in Wisconsin
Miguel Gonzalez Lopez
Crime | Sheriff: Palatine Township man charged in fatal stabbing of roommate
A 47-year-old Palatine Township man stabbed his roommate to death Wednesday after an argument while the two were drinking, Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart said Friday.
Brian Peck
Crime | Neighbor: Elgin man on trial complained about his mother two months before her murder
Elgin neighbor testified Brian Peck complained about having to care for his mother Gail about two months before authorities say he killed and dismembered her and deposited her remains in a Chicago lagoon.
Joe Severino
Politics | Lake Forest resident announces congressional bid in 10th District
Lake Forest resident Joe Severino is seeking the Republican nomination for the 10th Congressional District seat now held by Democrat Brad Schneider of Deerfield.
Signs bearing the name of a resident group opposing the proposed Casey’s General Store in Grayslake are being distributed to neighbors.
News | Grayslake residents say board violated Open Meetings Act to quell gas station opposition
A group of Grayslake residents filed a complaint with the Illinois attorney general's office Thursday saying the village board violated the Open Meetings Act in an attempt to quell public opposition to a gas station proposal.
Malgorzata McGonigal, Republican congressional candidate for the 5th District
Politics | North Barrington woman running for Congress in 5th District
Malgorzata McGonigal, a North Barrington woman who ran for a local school board seat last year, has turned her sights on Congress.
The original Kroehler YMCA structure, built in 1910, faces Washington Street in downtown Naperville. The city’s Historic Preservation Commission recommended not granting landmark status to the building, which opens the door for the YMCA of Metro Chicago to sell the land to a developer.
News | Kroehler YMCA facility moves closer to sale in downtown Naperville
The YMCA of Metro Chicago moved a step closer to selling the Kroehler YMCA site in downtown Naperville after the city's Historic Preservation Commission denied a request to grant landmark status to the original 1910 structure.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Richard Duchossois at Arlington Park in Arington Heights.
Former Arlington Park owner Richard "Dick" Duchossois dead at age 100
Glenbrook South’s Ninjin Tugsbayar starts the 200-yard medley relay in a boys swimming meet against Glenbrook North Friday in Glenview.
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In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks to thousands during his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in Washington. A new documentary “MLK/FBI,” shows how FBI director J. Edgar Hoover used the full force of his federal law enforcement agency to attack King and his progressive, nonviolent cause. That included wiretaps, blackmail and informers, trying to find dirt on King.
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