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A used disposable glove remains on the ground of the parking lot Tuesday near the Fresh Thyme grocery store in Geneva.

Lake County | Seeing gloves on the ground? That's a health risk -- because someone has to pick them up.

Improperly discarded masks and gloves are an unintended consequence -- and a community health risk -- of people trying to stay safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman, left, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, center, and Deputy Police Chief Keith Cross held a Facebook Live Zoom meeting Wednesday to share their experiences recovering from COVID-19.

News | Aurora mayor, police leaders tell their COVID-19 tales, so people take it seriously

Now that they are on the mend, three top Aurora city leaders took to social media Wednesday to detail their experiences being sick with COVID-19.
Experts say the coronavirus is spreading at an alarmingly high rate in Chicago and surrounding suburban black communities. Here is a breakdown of COVID-19 cases by race in Cook County.

News | Why coronavirus is infecting, killing blacks at an alarming rate

African Americans are more susceptible to contracting COVID-19 due to preexisting health problems and dying from it, national and state data shows.
The Arlington Heights homeowner whose family was targeted in a home invasion last Saturday thanked the community and police for their outpouring of support. In a lengthy Facebook post, Sebastian Maniscalco also wrote, “There are no words to be found to appropriately define the ongoing aftermath of this event for our family.”

Crime | After home invasion, Arlington Heights homeowner thanks community

The Arlington Heights homeowner who authorities say fought off one would-be robber Saturday and fatally shot another in self-defense wrote a heartfelt Facebook post thanking the community and police for an outpouring of support.
Col. Robert R. McCormick
News | 'Full circle': McCormick Place turns into field hospital a century after namesake survived flu pandemic
As McCormick Place becomes a makeshift hospital for coronavirus patients, historians are remembering the convention center's namesake and his link to another global contagion.
Daniel Jablenski, left, and Dustin Smith, right, engineers from Assurance Technologies Inc. in Bartlett, set up equipment at Motion Industries in Kokomo, Indiana that will be used to measure the precision of newly manufactured ventilators to meet the increased demand from the COVID-19 outbreak.
Business | Suburban companies stepping up to meet demand for ventilators
Tech companies in Arlington Heights and Bartlett are among those in the suburbs contributing their expertise to General Motors' stepped-up efforts to manufacture ventilators on its repurposed assembly lines.
Cook County’s Department of Public Health has a website that breaks down cases of COVID-19 by suburb.
Politics | April 8 breakdown of suburban COVID-19 cases by county, and some towns
Suburban COVID-19 cases and deaths by county, and some towns, on April 8, plus where to find out more.
Steve Lentz
News | Two weeks after COVID-19 diagnosis, Mundelein mayor says he's symptom-free
Some two weeks after becoming the first Northwest suburban mayor to reveal a COVID-19 diagnosis, Mundelein's Steve Lentz on Wednesday said he's back to feeling normal.
Paula Mueller of Paula's Couture Consignment in Batavia has started livestreaming fashion shows from her Batavia store on Wednesday nights as a way to stay connected to her customers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
News | Their Life's Work: How a yoga studio, consignment shop, martial arts club adapt during the pandemic
The Daily Herald's series of stories about how suburban small businesses are fighting to stay alive looks at a yoga studio, a consignment shop and a martial arts facility.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced Wednesday she will self-isolate through the end of the day Friday after a member of her security detail tested positive for the coronavirus. Preckwinkle said she is not displaying any symptoms.
Cook County | Preckwinkle self-isolating after security staffer tests positive for COVID-19
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will self-isolate until the end of the day Friday, after a member of her security detail tested positive for COVID-19, she announced Wednesday morning.
Wheaton resident Dan Bailey waits for a campaign rally to start for Sen. Bernie Sanders in Iowa in February but said he’ll support former Vice President Joe Biden in order to elect a Democrat as president.
Politics | What's next for local Sanders supporters with no Bernie?
Bernie Sanders suspends his campaign, leaving his ardent supporters with a choice.
Dr. Peter Sakas, a veterinarian who played a major role for the Barrington-based Flint Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation, died of COVID-19.
News | COVID-19 death of wildlife center veterinarian 'such a huge loss'
Countless animal lovers from around the Chicago area, along with family and friends, have been mourning the loss of Dr. Peter Sakas. A top avian and exotic veterinarian, Sakas died March 30 from the coronavirus.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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The pink supermoon rises over St. Louis on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. April’s supermoon is the brightest and largest it will be for all of 2020.
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The Daily Herald Archives, Assignment # 5,395, Bob Strawn photo: Santa Claus invaded the feminine precincts of Duchess Beauty Salon in Rolling Meadows to get a glamour treatment before his official arrival at Randhurst Shopping Center. As Santa sat under the dryer, regular customers appeared to be speculating whether it would be worth while to tell him what they would like for Christmas in December of 1966.
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In a sign of the times, someone draped a mask on the “Mr. Eggwards” sculpture at Mt. St. Mary Park in St. Charles. The mask has been there since at least Thursday. The bronze sculpture, by Kimber Fiebiger, was dedicated in 2013 and is part of the permanent collection that highlights the annual St. Charles Sculpture in the Park event.
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“In the midst of changing our lives, we began to miss our weekly grind of two soccer practices and one or two soccer games on the weekends for our twin 9-year-old daughters,” says the Nero family of Hoffman Estates. “Early on, my mind went to the vintage 1980s Wilson soccer ball from my childhood, which my parents brought to me in the last year. Of course, it's not the cool new balls that the kids use nowadays, but the movie “Cast Away” and Tom Hanks brought this idea to mind. I call it 'Soccer Sunday coffee with Wilson.'”
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Joy Symonds says her family from left Emily, 4, Daniel, and Vivienne, 2, have enjoyed walks through their neighborhood and even tried out the “balance beams” along the space mural at Elgin Lock and Key.
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